I didnt say killing priests was a goal unto itself. I said you have to plan for it.
Further, the idea that i am the one doing motte and bailey on this one is hypocritical when my interlocutors can seamlessly go from “Repressing the clergy is bad as evidenced by X” to “Okay so X proves that you have to repress the clergy but you have to do it differently” without a mention from you.
You’re misrepresenting the position of most of your opponents here when most people agree with the motte in the motte-and-bailey (which is the point), and furthermore even if we assumed that they were entirely hypocritical (which they are not), your appeal to that would be a crass deflection just as it is in our present situation.
I didnt say killing priests was a goal unto itself. I said you have to plan for it. Further, the idea that i am the one doing motte and bailey on this one is hypocritical when my interlocutors can seamlessly go from “Repressing the clergy is bad as evidenced by X” to “Okay so X proves that you have to repress the clergy but you have to do it differently” without a mention from you.
You’re misrepresenting the position of most of your opponents here when most people agree with the motte in the motte-and-bailey (which is the point), and furthermore even if we assumed that they were entirely hypocritical (which they are not), your appeal to that would be a crass deflection just as it is in our present situation.