Basically what the title says.
The point is to make the opponent feel uncomfortable.
I've played against the king's gambit a lot, and because I don't know any theory I've lost many times. There is a way to refute the king's gambit, I think, though.
The best opening for that is by far the bongcloud :).
The point is to get the center and open up the c-file for the rook after castling
The point is to gambit your king.
Play over some Morphy games.
Check out the Powerplaychess YouTube channel, run by GM Danny King. He's recently been running a little series of videos about the King's Gambit, all from the White perspective. The most recent one at the time of posting this comment is about the famous Spassky-Fischer game which reportedly left Fischer in tears.
Falkbeer counter gambit
@bruhmomentum2007 I'm looking forward to your refutation
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