If you don’t talk about what the comparative is, then other people will have their own image in their mind about what it is. So some people might think that the comparative is cosmopolitanism, but if you explain why that doesn’t work (okay, I just stated it was unrealistic, I didn’t say what it wouldn’t work) it is more likely that they will adopt your conception of what the comparative is. I will note this is especially important in debating where if you fail to address the comparative, the opposition is free to paint it as being whatever they want to claim that it is.
Not only are you ignoring the fact that the speaker conflated different claims or positions, you just did it yourself with this word “cosmopolitanism.”
“The comparative” can avoid certain rhetorical tricks that are harmful to real discussion, but your example is a more pernicious trick.
I’m actually summarising someone else’s argument—an argument made in the linked video.
The point is that when people discuss the comparative, it makes the discussion more explicit, as we know that they are comparing A to B, instead of C to B.
If you don’t talk about what the comparative is, then other people will have their own image in their mind about what it is. So some people might think that the comparative is cosmopolitanism, but if you explain why that doesn’t work (okay, I just stated it was unrealistic, I didn’t say what it wouldn’t work) it is more likely that they will adopt your conception of what the comparative is. I will note this is especially important in debating where if you fail to address the comparative, the opposition is free to paint it as being whatever they want to claim that it is.
Not only are you ignoring the fact that the speaker conflated different claims or positions, you just did it yourself with this word “cosmopolitanism.”
“The comparative” can avoid certain rhetorical tricks that are harmful to real discussion, but your example is a more pernicious trick.
I’m actually summarising someone else’s argument—an argument made in the linked video.
The point is that when people discuss the comparative, it makes the discussion more explicit, as we know that they are comparing A to B, instead of C to B.