The Wenar criticism in particular seems laughably bad, such that I find bad faith hypotheses like this fairly convincing. I do agree it’s a seductive line of reasoning to follow in general though, and that this can be dangerous
Idk, I do just think that bad faith actors exist, especially in the public sphere. It’s a mistake to assume that all critics are in bad faith, but equally it’s naive to assume that it’s never bad faith
The Wenar criticism in particular seems laughably bad, such that I find bad faith hypotheses like this fairly convincing. I do agree it’s a seductive line of reasoning to follow in general though, and that this can be dangerous
“I have laboured carefully, not to mock, lament, or execrate human actions, but to understand them.”
–Baruch Spinoza
Idk, I do just think that bad faith actors exist, especially in the public sphere. It’s a mistake to assume that all critics are in bad faith, but equally it’s naive to assume that it’s never bad faith