At a certain point (and this is the point) these articles start to function less as agitprop aimed at the general populace or even the limited readership of these rags, and more like a totemic, fetishistic, mantra-like form of self-soothing wrapped up as a threat
The genocide loving, zionist nazi James Kirchick wrote this filth because it makes him personally feel better and because it makes his boss feel better
They know deep down they lost the "debate" because there is no debate, everyone knows it's a genocide, especially these Nazis, they aren't interested in disputing the facts, they're interested in intimidating anyone with eyes by engaging in a distilled version of that Sartre quote about bigots using discourse as a weapon
Never believe that zionists are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. Zionists have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past
