From 45 minutes to ready WMDs, to Covid's mode of transmission, there is a pattern to craven, morally bankrupt authoritarianism...
It is "denial" that vexes them more than the putative threat.
It is "denial" that vexes them more than the putative threat.
https://twitter.com/DAaronovitch/status/1315385682454552582
It is always about *denial*.
It's not hard to read this as terror about loss of control of narrative.
Accusations of "denial" are the shortcut to proving the interlocutor's bad faith: nefarious connections, sinister motivations, profit-seeking and malign intent.
It's not hard to read this as terror about loss of control of narrative.
Accusations of "denial" are the shortcut to proving the interlocutor's bad faith: nefarious connections, sinister motivations, profit-seeking and malign intent.
I was clever enough not to be sucked into an authoritarian regime's war mongering.
David wasn't.
And I'm clever enough to spot the pattern.
David isn't.
David wasn't.
And I'm clever enough to spot the pattern.
David isn't.
So, he can have a pissing contest about who is the cleverest if he desires. I think the last 20 years shows that any dialogue with him is pretty much pointless.
I only point to him to demonstrate the tendency of vapid journalists, again.
I only point to him to demonstrate the tendency of vapid journalists, again.
Here's what accusing people of "denial" means: "I believe X must be true, and the only reasons I can think of for denial of X are nefarious, but I'm not going to explore the disagreement, I'm going to instead impugn motives for disagreeing and then double down when challenged".
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