Chomsky:The White House seems determined to demolish the foundations of our civil liberties"

[ConservativeDemocrat]

115. Ironic that you should point that out in the one place it doesn't apply...

The D.U. is absolutely filled with Ad Hominem arguments, nearly all targeted against Democrats. Yet you remain silent about all of those, keeping your powder dry until now, with this inappropriate attack when the credibility of the speaker is absolutely cogent to the analysis?

Let me be clear. Chomsky's diatribe cannot be challenged any other way, because he makes no reasoned argument. Argument by assertion "X is Y - because X is Y" is not an argument. And Chomsky doesn't even bother with the "because". All he ever ends up with is "the United States is a poopiehead", where "poopiehead" is whatever ludicrously overwrought calumny he can think of at the moment, with literally no more analysis to it than the equivalent kindergarten insult. In such a situation, when the speaker offers absolutely nothing but his own opinion as the only verification, their credibility is the only thing left on which to judge the statement. Rarely, it can be acceptable: if Jimmy Carter says that an election was held in a fair manner, or not, his argument carries weight, because of who he is. But don't imagine that Chomsky can escape his fifty years of anti-Americanism, any more than Sarah Palin can escape her ill-disguised racism when commenting about President Obama.

So, to be clear. When faced with an Appeal to "Authority", pointing out that the "Authority" is hardly authoritative is not an "Ad Hominem" attack. Your objection fails.

I eagerly look forward to seeing your scoldings about Ad Hominem arguments to all the others who wrote in this thread, refusing to address my own factually referenced arguments because they can't. Not to mention everyone who bashes President Obama without reasoned argument constantly on the D.U., many of whom are the same people so pricked because I've spoken about Chomsky's lack of credibility. Or will you fail to do so, simply due to double standards?

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