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Even if Colin's argument is wrong, it's not "absurd", and it's this kind of toxic rhetoric that invariably makes these discussions fall off a cliff into a cessp
by reitzensteinm 10y ago
Even if Colin's argument is wrong, it's not "absurd", and it's this kind of toxic rhetoric that invariably makes these discussions fall off a cliff into a cesspool.
Could we once do without it?
- mafribe 10y agoinvariably makes these discussions fall off a cliff That is of course the political purpose of such remarks. Demonise the other side, brand them as beyond the pale, as not even worthy a reply. This is a well-known rhetorical device to protect one's own position from criticism. Alas it's difficult to defend against.