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In reply to the discussion: CNN launches Argumentum ad hominem attack (argument directed at the person) at Hamas leader. [View all]hack89
(39,179 posts)1. Lets see what Osama Hamdan has said over the past couple of years.
"we all remember how the Jews used to slaughter Christians, in order to mix their blood in their holy matzos. This is not a figment of imagination or something taken from a film. It is a fact, acknowledged by their own books and by historical evidence."
"politically, the two-state solution is over" and that "we are entering the phase of the liberation of Palestine... the notion of Return: the return of the refugees to their homeland, and the return of the Israelis to the countries from which they came."
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CNN launches Argumentum ad hominem attack (argument directed at the person) at Hamas leader. [View all]
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
OP
Indeed, Sir: Holding A Man To Account For His Previous Words Is Not Argumentm Ad Hominem
The Magistrate
Aug 2014
#13
Holding him up falsely as anyone of importance is not propaganda? Attacking the person to segue
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#15
He is the Hamas representative in Lebanon, Hamas was elected government of Palestine.
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#32
Nice To See You Can Google, Sir, And That You Acknowledge The Man's Significance
The Magistrate
Aug 2014
#36
I didn't see this morning's panel show but I saw the interview of Hamden by wolf yesterday
aint_no_life_nowhere
Aug 2014
#24
I just do not think the amplified hate of one not vital to the process man should hold up peace.
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#25
So DU has vapors when an obsure American blogger posts on the Times of Israel site
hack89
Aug 2014
#30
I doubt that peace will be held up as a result of a Wolf Blitzer interview
aint_no_life_nowhere
Aug 2014
#35
Then why amplify his voice? The whole piece had to be seen to put this in context, the context of
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#37
It is complex, I know. Takes a wee bit of study. For those that can keep pace:
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#3
Why do people not see through the obvious propaganda, malaise, why are people so intent on
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#10
When children are killed, piled up like cordwood, they still remain lazy and indifferent..I may hurl
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#12
Your words should be copied and put into the war crime indictment for this act of terror.
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#19
And In This Context, Sir 'Not Giving a Shit' Is Low Enough And then Some....
The Magistrate
Aug 2014
#38
Seriously, no one is defending anyone, but no one is discussing that both sides agree civilian death
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#28
You're defending not only Hamas but the age-old slander of the blood libel. You're sick. nt
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2014
#29
I guess it would be "fair and balanced" if they also had this woman on their show
arikara
Aug 2014
#42
I liked how they brought out Dan Rather, complained about how they, CNN were ever so being
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#44