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Dear Mehul,
Thanks for your post. Yes indeed you have some good points. Just because you opposed Obama, some members thought that you were a Republican or a devout supporter of Bush. We have seen in the past critics of communism being portrayed as capitalists, critics of Islam dismissed as agents of Jewis/Christian/Hindu fanatic groups, critics of Awamileague party as being Jamatis, critics of BNP/Jamat as Awamee-Bakshalee, critics of BJP as "pseudo-secular" etc. This naive simplistic bipolar frame of mind is not becoming of a freethinker with a rational and independent judgment of things. In logic, this fallacy is termed as fallacy of bifurcation or 'black and white fallacy'. Bifurcation occurs if someone presents a situation as having only two alternatives just as president Bush "either with me (Bush) or with them (Islamists)" - where in fact other alternatives exist or can exist – in fact people have option to be neither with the Bush nor with the
Islamists.
My suggestion is why can't we just point out that fallacy without using any adjectives. You can take our conversation as an example. Both of us are arguing, but not showing any kind of disrespect towards each other. A good debate turns to silly if members focus solely on 'indignant tone' other than the logical analysis of your argument. Believe me, it had happened to me in the past and those were not my happy moments.
I always like your informative post. I know you have enough strong points, and you can express yourself without using inflammatory language, and/or displaying an inappropriately indignant tone.
Wishing you all the best as always.
Avijit
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