12-16-2013, 12:02 AM
The old fascist propaganda technique instead of arguing ideas, to besmirch an ideological opponent by casting guilt by association.
In fact it is unnecessary for that association to be factual. In fact it is usually not.
But the the typical tactic is to "suppose". To bury a "what if" in the aspersion.
http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?2...sg-1656918
Here is a perfect example where one of our posters took an unpopular position on GW.
He could have been argued with, ridiculed by being shown up as being wrong, he could have been ignored, instead he was accused by that old fascist methodology, first to being an implied member of some right wing conspiracy:....
then, building on step one, another poster adds inferred guilt by unproven association of hating and bashing vegans and vegetarians:
as step three he becomes a gay basher:...
In fact it is unnecessary for that association to be factual. In fact it is usually not.
But the the typical tactic is to "suppose". To bury a "what if" in the aspersion.
http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?2...sg-1656918
Here is a perfect example where one of our posters took an unpopular position on GW.
He could have been argued with, ridiculed by being shown up as being wrong, he could have been ignored, instead he was accused by that old fascist methodology, first to being an implied member of some right wing conspiracy:....
davester wrote: Our pet troll is not the only one...there is a vast right wing blogosphere that seizes on any fiction they can to push this idiocy.
then, building on step one, another poster adds inferred guilt by unproven association of hating and bashing vegans and vegetarians:
$tevie wrote:
There's a certain kind of odd mentality at work there. Like the folks who become angry about vegetarians. Not disdainful, not amused, not dismissive. They become actually ticked off and talk about how upsetting they find vegetarians, and especially vegans, and even talking about forcing them to eat meat or beating them up or some such.
as step three he becomes a gay basher:...
davester wrote:
Expanding on what $tevie said, perhaps these are the same folks who assault gays and minorities and fight to take away their rights just because they feel threatened by them.