Mark Pavlick wrote:
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> Whoever you might have in mind, it doesn't include those who
> in fact Hitchens attacked for similar purported reasons - the
> "Chomsky-Zinn-Finkelstein quarter", Sam Husseini of Fairness and
> Accuracy in Reporting, and Edward Herman, among others - for all of
> whom there is zero evidence for such a charge. Carrol is referring to
> this capacity of Hitchens for (careerist) demagogy.
> Mark
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Exactly. There is a fairly standard jargon for putting people in their place without actually encountering their positions: peacniks, political correctness, purism, humorless are just a few.
All terms that eliminate need for thought.
Carrol