One on One Debate between Ethereal and Countryboy - Exterminationalists

[DGUtley]

@countryboy, @Ethereal has invited you to a one-on-one debate regarding the subject of: Exterminationalists.

[note: this is the first time that I've set one of these up, so let's see if it works]

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[countryboy]

That's not even a word. How can you debate something that doesn't exist?

[Ethereal]

My position is simple. The following quote, which was thanked by countryboy, is a call to genocide:

Raze Gaza to the ground. Wipe that community and all of its infrastructure from the face of the earth.

Sadly, these kinds of genocidal statements have become all too common since the IDF escalated its military operations inside Gaza.

Meanwhile, the same individuals calling for and sanctioning genocide have taken to accusing others of being hateful, bigoted, racist, etc. I don't know if this is just some form of trolling or if their cognitive dissonance truly runs that deep.

Either way, my position at this forum has been clear and consistent for over a decade: everyone is an individual with inalienable rights. That is true for Jews AND Palestinians.

Unfortunately, individuals like countryboy refuse to recognize the humanity of Palestinians and instead seek their extermination.

Now let's see if he can do something he's never done before: actually address my arguments using facts and logic instead of just leveling incessant and malicious accusations of "antisemitism".

[Ethereal]

That's not even a word. How can you debate something that doesn't exist?

Is this the excuse you will use when you fail to muster a reasonable rebuttal to my arguments?

[Ethereal]

That's not even a word. How can you debate something that doesn't exist?

You always find a way to troll and throw insults, but somehow you can never find the time to muster a real argument.

Fascinating.

[Ethereal]

countryboy is still ducking the debate, as I knew he would.

He cannot win an argument based on the merits and he knows it.

This thread is proof of that.

Naturally, he will have no shortage of excuses.

[Ethereal]

This...

Raze Gaza to the ground. Wipe that community and all of its infrastructure from the face of the earth.

...is what countryboy believes. This is a call to genocide.

Yet he goes around acting like he has the moral high ground? Is this some kind of joke?

And literally the ONLY thing he can say in response is "antisemitism".

He has NOTHING to justify his position because it cannot be justified. So he just goes on the attack in an attempt to put his opponents on the defensive, just like the liberals he claims to despise.

Then when I call him out and defy him to defend his position in a real debate, he just hides and makes excuses.

[Tahuyaman]

This one on one debate never took off. Maybe that’s because someone was challenged to defend a comment made by someone else. I wonder why the challenger didn’t go after the person who made the offending comment? .

[blackjack21]

Sadly, these kinds of genocidal statements have become all too common since the IDF escalated its military operations inside Gaza.

I don't think they were uncommon even before October 7th. People have been saying "nuke 'em" as long as I can remember. Frankly, I think it's common when people arrive at total contempt for their enemy. When it comes to Palestinians, I think people say that sort of thing when they see people cheering on terrorist attacks. The remarks are often over the top, but are usually made with a feeling of complete disgust at things like celebrating the slaughter of innocents.

[Ethereal]

The remarks are often over the top, but are usually made with a feeling of complete disgust at things like celebrating the slaughter of innocents.

Unless those innocents are Palestinian.