Reddit mentions of Gandhi: Behind the Mask of Divinity

>You know that this entire conversation is above this comment, right? That people can look back on how you've continually derailed the context from the original "I think people who stand up [and fight bravely, and not behind lines using children and giant war machines] against overwhelming and immoral odds are worthy of regard" so that now I suddenly "have to" regard any historical figure that meets any arbitrary cherry-picked attribute you like.
It's absurd.

I don't understand why you would so baldly lie here. The "original" statement you made was not the one you quoted above, but this one:

>At least two of these people are admired for their bravery in standing up to overwhelming and immoral odds

You were kind enough to put your ad-hoc modifications in brackets for me. You've spent this entire conversation trying to modify that original definition to fit Che and exclude Hitler in an attempt to avoid embarrassing yourself. Look at this chapter on the "move the goalposts" fallacy, read the first example, do you see how it fits your behavior? This used to be about men who were brave and faced overwhelming and immoral odds, then it became about men who risked their lives consistently throughout the course of their career, then it became about whether or not those men used children to fight their cause or "giant war machines". Next you'll probably say "And a a beard, I don't think anybody deserves our regard if they didn't have a beard".


You've made another ad-hoc modification (in bold, above) to your theory of what makes somebody "worthy of regard". I'm sure that if Che had access to giant war machines, he would have used them towards his goals, but I find it odd that you would suddenly lose your regard for him now his effectiveness as a revolutionary has just been vastly increased. If you keep making modifications to your definition, you'll eventually eliminate everyone except Che Guevara, which will result in a circular argument

EDIT, also, most people will find it funny that you said "take a look, in a book" and then linked to Wikipedia. Here's an actual book you might try reading:

Definitely recommend people watch that video. On a similar note, has anyone read Gandhi: Behind the Mask of Divinity by GB Singh?

Yeah, ghandi did some great things, but he isn't the saint popular culture makes him out to be. He was also a racist as well.

http://www.amazon.com/Gandhi-Divinity-G-B-Singh/dp/1573929980