12.5-Errors of Reaction-Attacking the Critic

反应错误之攻击批评家

What-是什么

Attacking the critic is the attempt to discredit an idea or argument by disparaging the person who expressed it.

攻击批评家就是通过贬低表达这个观点或论点的人来贬低这个观点或论点。

Why-为什么

People typically resort to this error of reaction after their ideas or behaviors have been called into question.

在【人们的想法或行为受到质疑】之后，人们通常会采取这种错误的反应。

Attacking the critic is an error because ideas and people are not synonymous.

攻击批评家是错误的因为想法和人是不同的，

However interesting it may be to probe people's motives, such exploration tells us nothing about the quality of ideas. Eveb people with questionable motives and outright liars sometimes tell the truth.

不管探讨人们的动机多么有趣，这种探讨不会告诉我们有质量的想法, 即使是动机可疑和彻头彻尾的人有时也会说真话，

This is not to say that honesty is unimportant or that we should unquestioningly accept the word of people whose integrity we have reason to suspect.

这不是说诚实不重要，也不是说我们应该毫不犹豫的接受【我们有理由怀疑其正直的那些人】的话。

It is only to say that it is unreasonable to substitute speculations or judgement about people themselves for judgements of their ideas.

这只是说【用人们自身的推测或判断来替代他们对观念的判断】是不合理的。

How-会怎么做

Instead of responding to the real issue, the actual ideas or behaviors that have been questioned, they created a diversionary issue of the person who raised the issue.

他们没有回应真实的问题和已经被质疑的想法或行为，而是制造一个转移【提问者】注意力的问题。