Fascism at work....

[max]

August West wrote:

This 'ism' behaviour you mention is common human behavior. Facism ?

I didn't get that, either. It's a well known logical fallacy, not an invention of one ideology or another.

The fallacy is that I attributed "invention" of the technique to one ideology or another.

Read the OP again. The statement was quite clear....

max wrote:
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.....

The OP is about totalitarian propaganda use of the technique made common by organs of Fascist parties.
In case you still dont get it. Fascists institutionalized its use.

Others are trying to practice it here....