Originally Posted by MMACH 5

My interpretation of "shifting the goalposts" is that when you make an argument and it doesn't seem to get any traction, you come up with another argument in the hopes that it does gain traction. (i.e. - I can't score any points kicking the ball there. Maybe I could score, if the goalpost was over here.)

And I'm pretty sure that's what is going on in this thread.

(edit: "moving" to "shifting")