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Portraying those that disagree with your methods as enemies and part of the opposition is a common way to discredit them and discount their objections. Being common doesn't mean it's excusable.

That you accept any tactic against an organization you disagree with, and discount any criticism of those tactics and color the people doing so as unable to look at the situation rationally only exposes you yourself to the same criticism.

I am not Indian. I do not know a lot of the details about Amnesty International and India. I can also easily spot many instances in the linked article where they are using techniques often used to present half-truths and sway opinion through purposeful misinterpretation and misrepresentation. I don't need to know more about the overall situation because I am not commenting on the overall situation, I'm noting what I see as blatant attempts to sway opinion not through fact and rational discourse, but propaganda. That's worth calling out whenever encountered, regardless of whether you agree with the goals of the people in question or not.





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