• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
      51·
      2 years ago

      I don’t do gish gallops, so I’m just going to address this:

      PETA kills animals because unfortunately there are no better places for them.

      That is bullshit. There are no kill shelters all over the country. There’s one in my town. They didn’t even euthanize after they were overwhelmed when we had a huge storm that destroyed structures. They just found people who would foster while they could rehome as much as they could. PETA doesn’t do that.

      • Sotuanduso@lemm.eeEnglish
        6·
        2 years ago

        Today I learned what a Gish Gallop is.

        British journalist Mehdi Hasan suggests using these three steps to beat the Gish gallop:

        1. Because there are too many falsehoods to address, it is wise to choose one as an example. Choose the weakest, dumbest, most ludicrous argument that your opponent has presented and tear this argument to shreds (also known as the weak point rebuttal).
        2. Do not budge from the issue. Don’t move on until you have decisively destroyed the nonsense and clearly made your point.
        3. Call it out: name the strategy. “This is a strategy called the ‘Gish Gallop’. Do not be fooled by the flood of nonsense you have just heard.”

        Nicely done.

    • 1simpletailer@startrek.website
      21·
      2 years ago

      Its also just totally a false equivalency. Lets entertain for a moment the fact that Peta is an imperfect organization that doesn’t always do the right thing. Okay and? The industry they protest exploits not just animals, but Children and Workers. Its carbon footprint is playing an instrumental role in destroying the biosphere. But sure, PETA is imperfect so I guess we’ll all just keep eating meat.