Thread by @simonmaginn

One of the most striking features of the antisemitism smearing war is the fact that many - I’d say most - of the accusers have literally no idea how logic or reason works.

A recent accuser was adamant about his claims. But when asked to produce evidence, he seemed affronted. “Oh, you’re obsessed with evidence, are you?” he said.

There’s a world of revelation behind that statement.

First, he felt fully justified and entitled in making the most appalling accusations imaginable *without first compiling his evidence*. Showing evidence simply had not occurred to him until he was asked to do so.

Instead of being the first and most basic step any accuser must take - to be *certain*, to be able to prove it - it was something he had not even considered doing. Didn’t feel he needed to. Seemed aggrieved to be asked to.

Second, he appeared to believe requiring evidence was itself evidence of ‘obsession’: a psychological disorder. Anyone requiring such evidence from him was in need of psychological treatment. He had pathologised the most fundamental requirement of any system of natural justice.

Third, it quickly became clear he had no idea at all what ‘evidence’ meant in this situation. His ‘evidence’, when it appeared, was a vague exhortation to look at some people’s timelines, where ‘people’ had been ‘critical of Israel’.

It really ought not need saying anymore that criticising the Netanyahu regime is not antisemitic, that Israel is not coterminous with Jewry (a canard IHRA expressly forbids, incidentally). But for this accuser, and for many others I’ve experienced, no such distinction is drawn.

Nor was this ‘evidence’ presented: we were told merely to ‘look at some people’s timelines’. No names, no specificity, just random hand-waving about ‘some people’.

So: he accuses, he presents no evidence, he labels the request for such evidence a pathology, and then demonstrates that he has no idea of any kind what ‘evidence’ means anyway.

The accusers - most of them, in my experience - have seemingly grown to adulthood without understanding even the most basic elements of rationality, let alone of justice or fairness.

They exist in a bubble, in which their claim of victimhood is sufficient, their sense of grievance triumphant. Not only do they not observe the rules of logic, they seem oblivious to their existence. They have no idea they exist, or are important, or how you use them, or why.

They have been allowed to get away with this nonsense for 5 years now. They’ve been actively encouraged to do so, and have gone unchallenged. Certainly, our craven and corrupt media have never required them to substantiate their bizarre victimhood fantasies.

Which would explain why it’s impossible to debate meaningfully or coherently with them. Why twitter is a toxic battlefield of hate and ignorance. Why this weary saga never ends, never resolves, never gets anywhere.

It’s because the accusers - most of them - just do not understand how the real world, the real world of logic and reason, actually *works*. Nor do they appear to care very much. Accusation = evidence, and their presentation of victimhood is all the evidence they need.

“Oh, so you’re obsessed with evidence?” reveals all of this in just a few casual words.

Chilling.

ENDS.