Reply #6: Quite agreed. But this modus operandi of logical fallacy is ubiquitously

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employed when debating topics such as this. I want to see a promiment leader call them on begging the question and ad hominum attacks, and make them address the issue(s).

To answer "why let yourself be intimidated", an accusation of antisemitism is a like a hand grenade going off. The implications range from "Jew hater" to "bring back the Third Reich". Having a "defense" of antisemitism to the criticism of AIPAC is sort of like a girl starting a physical altercation with a boy on the playground with the smugness of knowing boys shouldn't hit girls.