1273: Every Ideologue has a Gish Gallop
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Medium (Personal)
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2025/06/04
Climate Change Deniers:
“The climate has always changed.”
“CO₂ is good for plants.”
“There was a pause in warming.”
“Models are unreliable.”
“Al Gore was wrong.”
Postmodern Academics:
Dense claims about power structures,
epistemic relativism,
social constructionism,
language determinism.
Techno-Utopians or Transhumanists:
“AI will solve all problems.”
“Death is a curable disease.”
“We’ll upload our minds.”
“CRISPR will perfect humanity.”
“Robots will bring abundance.”
Conspiracy Theorists:
“Photos from NASA are fake.”
“Planes would account for curvature.”
“Water finds its level.”
“Gravity doesn’t exist.”
“The horizon is always flat.”
Anti-Zionist Extremists:
“Israel is a settler-colonial state.”
“It is committing genocide.”
“The media is controlled.”
“Zionism is racism.”
“Israel caused 9/11.”
Raw Food and Alternative Health Advocates:
Raw veganism,
juice cleanses,
“natural healing,”
“Cooked food causes cancer.”
“Big Pharma hides cures.”
“Fasting cures all disease.”
“Detoxing removes parasites.”
“Vaccines are toxic.”
Cultural Traditionalists or Religious Conservatives:
“There are only two genders.”
“Trans identities are a mental illness.”
“Gay marriage harms children.”
“Drag is grooming.”
“Modern culture is degenerate.”
Anti-Capitalist Conspiracy Thinkers (distinct from legitimate critique):
“Capitalism enslaves us.”
“Banks control everything.”
“The Fed is a scam.”
“All wars are for profit.”
“We’re all wage slaves.”
Shall I continue even into the hallowed grounds of the moderns: Feminism, Men’s Rights Activists, Religious Apologetics, Free Marketeers, Revolutionary Socialists, Ethno-Nationalists, Anti-Vaccine Activists…?
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