Reply #54: It's a demonstration of The American Propaganda System in action.

[RichM]

Any critique of ** The System ** is immediately met by observing that the critic is taking a position outside the system. This means he can be called a "commie." From that point on, all commentary is simply invective focusing on the intrinsic unworthiness of commies.

The logic is that critics of the system are a priori wrong, so their ideas can be airily dismissed without serious attempts at refutation. They have proven themselves unworthy of serious response because they are insane; they have proven themselves insane because they've dared to offer fundamental criticism.