Appearances
Don’t judge people by appearances, he exclaims, talking much too fast. Just because somebody is wearing lipstick doesn’t mean they’re a woman, he says. Very true: anyone can put on lipstick. Just because somebody has a penis doesn’t mean that they’re not, he insists. Ding ding! Error! Change of category without notice!
That’s probably why he talks so fast: hoping to get all this past people by yammering.
It’s like saying
Just because somebody wears footy pajamas doesn’t mean they’re a child
followed by
Just because somebody is four years old doesn’t mean they’re a child.
Pattern detected:
First, item anyone can do because item is social and voluntary.
Second, item that is physical and involuntary and thus cannot simply be put on and taken off.
Now if he’d said strap-on instead of penis…
I think there may be a link missing.
Oops! It was a tweet, and now of course I can’t find it. A twanz woman talking nonsense very fast.
So a trans Gish gallop. At least if he’s talking very fast it’s over sooner, if you’re of the “yank the band-aid off quickly” school.
A trans Gish gallop AND a genuine Gish gallop.