1) I wasn't intending to attack Bezmenov. I haven't heard his message, so I can't pass any kind of judgement/opinion on it.
2) My intent was to lodge my dislike of statements such as:
People don't believe X, but it's ok because X said
that no one would believe him/her.
I viewed it (possibly falsely) as using lack of belief as validation of the message itself. [ This can be done even if the messenger didn't intend for the audience to use his/her statements this way, so it's not necessarily an attack against him/her. ]
3) It (to me) has similarities to statements like:
<statement 1> is true! <opposing group> might try
to distract you by saying <statement 2>, but don't
believe them because it's all lies!
[ Note: I'm not saying that Bezmenov made any such statements, or that such statements are in his character. ]
2) My intent was to lodge my dislike of statements such as:
I viewed it (possibly falsely) as using lack of belief as validation of the message itself. [ This can be done even if the messenger didn't intend for the audience to use his/her statements this way, so it's not necessarily an attack against him/her. ]3) It (to me) has similarities to statements like:
[ Note: I'm not saying that Bezmenov made any such statements, or that such statements are in his character. ]