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Re:UK Government Officials Infected with Pegasus by yyyk on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @09:11AM (#31082611)
>Why is dismissive labelling ok in one case, and not another?

Because the only source given for the quote was Chomsky himself*. In that case, the question of Chomsky's credibility is directly relevant.

* It's possible Chomsky had an actual source etc., but if so, it was not provided in the original comment.

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Re:UK Government Officials Infected with Pegasus by Chris2048 on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @09:33AM (#31082840)
The issue isn't if Chomsky's credibility is relevant, but on the credibility swipe itself: If Chomsky can be dismissed on all topics (zero credibility on anything) for alleged genocide denial, why isn't that "rhetoric that ignores X" for whatever X Chomsky might discuss?
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Re:UK Government Officials Infected with Pegasus by yyyk on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @09:48AM (#31083031)
I was dismissing Chomsky's testimony on anything, not anything he might say. If he said '2+2=4' that would be true (if also trivial). I regret not being 100% clear in a forum comment.
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Re:UK Government Officials Infected with Pegasus by Chris2048 on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @10:39AM (#31083763)
It was testimony aka credibility that I'm talking about.
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