CriticalThought
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No one asks for the credibility of what you claim and write. Let him write what he wants. If you agree good and if you disagree then too bad. I went through his posts... doesn’t look like he made any outrageous claims.
Oh but they should ask. That is the point. I believe the discourse would be elevated to another level if we held each other to a higher standard.
Let me explain the concept of outrageousness to you. Let's say I make the statement "Imran Khan spilled water over his clothes". As such, there is nothing outrageous about it. Yet, you will ask me for proof. And if not you, then most people will be outraged if I can't provide verifiable proof, or I claim insider information when nobody knows who I am. And this would be perfectly normal outrage.
What is disconcerting is the trend amongst Pakistanis that we are only too eager to lap up anything thrown at us if it seems to reinforce the biases we hold. And once a critical mass of people believes in it, the others follow without questioning. That is exactly what's going on here, and I realize I am raising an issue that causes dissonance with this fundamental Pakistani trait. However jarring some find this, we must confront this issue.