When someone repeats an argument that has been proven false /badly argued many times before, but keeps repeating it in hopes of drowning out opposition or derailing a thread. Yet not disruptive enough to get banned on forums, as it wraps itself in non-hostile, nicely written sentences.

How exactly do moderators deal with this kind of behaviour?

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[–] 11 points 10 months ago

Neither of these really apply?

The big lie refers to a very big lie, but OP is talking about something subtle.

A gish gallop refers to many lies, such that an opponent cant refute all of them, but OP is talking about one lie.

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