In rhetorical and rationalist circles, a “Shill Gambit” is a logically fallacious attack through which the attacker attempts to dismiss everything their target is arguing by implying (or outright stating) that they are being paid by someone (or some entity) that would benefit from the point they’re making.
Shill Gambit
In rhetorical and rationalist circles, a “Shill Gambit” is a logically fallacious attack through which the attacker attempts to dismiss everything their target is arguing by implying (or outright stating) that they are being paid by someone (or some entity) that would benefit from the point they’re making.