Why do liberals describe the victims of Suharto's mass slaughter as "alleged" Communists? http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/06/09/a-case-against-america/ …pic.twitter.com/c1Ex3sO9sE
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Why do liberals describe the victims of Suharto's mass slaughter as "alleged" Communists? http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/06/09/a-case-against-america/ …pic.twitter.com/c1Ex3sO9sE
Thousands of the victims were members of Indonesia's main communist party so therefore *were* communists. That's not a capital crime.
Chase Madar Retweeted Chase Madar
Just me or is inference of labeling Suharto's victims "alleged" communists that real communists kind of deserved it?https://twitter.com/ChMadar/status/738775388395016193 …
Chase Madar added,
Looks like a standard hedge to me. Not all of the half million were actually communists, but all of them were alleged to be.
There are other ways to do it that you might like better (like "real and alleged") but I wouldn't assume the inference.
True that one can't logically assume the inference but it does hang heavily in the air. Phrase better written otherwise.
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