"If I know your sect, I anticipate your argument."
Put in modern terms, it virtually defines the combination of politics, marketing and labeling that defines our current system in the US.
We no longer discuss issues, we anticipate the version of the argument we're told to expect from the assumed "sect" and prepare a response to that. You can see this play out on Facebook or other platforms when you try to discuss an issue with someone and get a response completely unrelated to anything you just said.
Slap a label on a straw man, then campaign against that.
"If I know your sect, I anticipate your argument."
Put in modern terms, it virtually defines the combination of politics, marketing and labeling that defines our current system in the US.
We no longer discuss issues, we anticipate the version of the argument we're told to expect from the assumed "sect" and prepare a response to that. You can see this play out on Facebook or other platforms when you try to discuss an issue with someone and get a response completely unrelated to anything you just said.
Slap a label on a straw man, then campaign against that.