Quote Originally Posted by LordKenwyne View Post
Generalising to form an argument isn't much of an argument really is it?.

I don't know what your point is. Who are the victims?.

The EDL speaks for 0.000001% of the population.

My point is that 'anti fascists' are not the new fascists. Fascists are.

My other point is that victims of discrimination and hate are being gagged and deterred from speaking out with this right-wing bullshit 'newspeak'.

The EDL may speak for whatever % of the population that you claim - but it is a significant viewpoint on ****, and that was an example of where I have regularly heard this trite little formulation. It was an example and an illustration.

I really have no idea what you are trying to say about 'generalisation'. Don't all arguments and analyses draw general conclusions from generalised data and illustrate the point by reference to specific examples? If you think the use of language I have described is not Orwellian and sinister, then I would like to hear your take. From my point of view it is like blaming the poor for poverty, or branding anti Zionists as anti-semites. Victim blaming, deflecting, effective and clever.