This is why the debate became so acrimonious . Without the historical evidence in their favour , my opponents have been largely reduced to two tactics : character assassination and language games . In the wake of the 2011 Norway attacks , Windschuttle did not deny that the perpetrator , Anders Behring Breivik , had read and praised statements he had made at a symposium in New Zealand in 2006 , but stressed that he was " still at a complete loss to find any connection between them and the disgusting and cowardly actions of Breivik " . Windschuttle went on to add that " it would be a ' disturbing accusation ' if people thought that he had ever used deliberately provocative language that might have caused Breivik to take up a rifle and shoot unarmed teenagers in cold blood "
2011 Norway attacks
2011 Norway attacks
Keith Windschuttle