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>>diablo+(OP)
How do you deal with this strategy? A lot of hyper partisans and conspiracy theorists hammer you with a ton of “facts” that sometimes are correct but most of the times with half truths, misinterpretations and a pinch of things that are plain wrong. If you are lucky you can refute immediately but often it takes a lot of time and effort to research the topic. In a debate or discussion with friends I often feel stupid saying things like “I don’t believe the stuff you are saying but I need to research things for a while before I can tell you what exactly is wrong.” .

The current pandemic is a good example. The “Plandemic” movie is making its rounds in the neighborhood but all I can say is that I can’t imagine that thousands of researchers around the world are part of a conspiracy. It just doesn’t make sense.

>>Ididnt+av
> How do you deal with this strategy?

By not debating with people who use it.

The hard question is how you prevent people who use this strategy from having influence over the opinions of others. We haven't solved that problem.

>>pdonis+Ry
Agreed but I'd go further and say that if you are 'debating' someone who is in a Gish Gallop, you really aren't debating and yes, you shouldn't debate them.