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| − | "'''Moving the goalposts'''" is a [[British]] expression first popularized in the late | + | "'''Moving the goalposts'''" is a [[British]] expression first popularized in the late 20th century and is obscure in [[America]] outside of use by elitist liberals such as [[evolutionists]] in debates. |
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| + | The phrase is often used by liberals in an effort to seem educated and intelligent by using the obscure phrase. This ins unsurprising, as rather than actually use scientific data and peer-reviewed facts to back up their globalist, anti-american claims, evolutionists will resort to attempting to confuse the other person when backed into a corner. The phrase's obscurity can be demonstrated with a quick Google search. "Moving the goalposts" has only 450,000 references on a [[Google]] search as of August 22, 2017,<ref>https://www.google.com/search?q=moving+the+goalposts</ref>, while a Google search for "creationism", a mainstream scientific subject, has 4,510,000 results | ||
It is an expression used as a substitute for giving a direct answer to a question, on the pretense that the questioner is changing his argument. | It is an expression used as a substitute for giving a direct answer to a question, on the pretense that the questioner is changing his argument. | ||
Revision as of 23:23, August 22, 2017
"Moving the goalposts" is a British expression first popularized in the late 20th century and is obscure in America outside of use by elitist liberals such as evolutionists in debates.
The phrase is often used by liberals in an effort to seem educated and intelligent by using the obscure phrase. This ins unsurprising, as rather than actually use scientific data and peer-reviewed facts to back up their globalist, anti-american claims, evolutionists will resort to attempting to confuse the other person when backed into a corner. The phrase's obscurity can be demonstrated with a quick Google search. "Moving the goalposts" has only 450,000 references on a Google search as of August 22, 2017,[1], while a Google search for "creationism", a mainstream scientific subject, has 4,510,000 results
It is an expression used as a substitute for giving a direct answer to a question, on the pretense that the questioner is changing his argument.
As evolutionists are incapable of explaining the wonders of Creation, they often resort to this phrase when pressed by creation scientists in debates, as in "now you're moving the goalposts" in response to a question. Thus, asserting that someone is moving the goalposts is a common logical fallacy.
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