Leftists: Ad Hominem, Ad Nauseum

Dennis Prager, via RCP with a thoughtful piece on Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week. He was one of the speakers:

Students at most universities are almost brainwashed into being leftist -- and the way they are taught to disagree with their political opponents is by using ad hominem attacks. Conservatives are described over and over as mean-spirited, war-loving, greedy, bigoted, racist, xenophobic, Islamophobic, homophobic, sexist, intolerant and oblivious to human suffering.

Such ad hominem labels are the left's primary rhetorical weapons. So when leftist students are actually confronted with even one articulate conservative, many enter a world of cognitive dissonance. That is one reason why universities rarely invite conservatives to speak: they might change some students' minds.

Regarding the term "Islamo-Fascism," most students heard the arguments I presented for the legitimacy of the term for the first time in their lives.

Ad hominem, ad nauseum attacks from the Left.

Conservatives--educating students at our liberal universities. Someone's gotta do it.

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