It occurred to me that one of the reasons this tactic is used (besides the fact that IT WORKS) is because it infuriates the target of the criticism- and the pro-Israel right and Israel lobby have used it for YEARS to great success.Chizzang wrote:Also he mentions (and you ignore)kalm wrote:
I wish!
My good friend, Chizzang, really likes Sam Harris. I'm trying my hardest to like him, but at first blush this still seems like more of him defending his stance on Islam rather than why Hillary lost.
For instance, does Sam or Chizzy realize Hillary isn't a liberal? Or that she was perhaps the most unlikable and untruthful candidate in History?
that charges of racism are claimed against ANYBODY who thinks BLM or college militants are wrong
Don't support grotesque amounts of military aid to Israel? You're antisemitic
It is actually a variation on the reductio ad absurdum fallacy - but if you point that out, well, you're racist