Stop asking everyone to condemn Hamas

Rozaŭtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Socialism@beehaw.org – 52 points –
Stop asking everyone to condemn Hamas
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It's likely asked as a "gotcha" sort of question; a question that the asker is using to prove the answerer is on the side of the terrorists. There's no nuance in that question.

It's meant as a leading question to derail legitimate discussion.

It’s meant as a leading question to derail legitimate discussion

aka arguing in bad faith.

Pretty much like the "you pretend to have an ecological conscience but you have an iPhone and a car".