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"Now that I have called you on your false accusation, you are using additional smear tactics"

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It lands like a courtroom objection dressed up as a tweet: not a denial in the abstract, but a move to seize procedural control. Soros isn’t trying to win an argument on the facts so much as reframe the entire exchange as bad-faith prosecution. “Now that I have called you” establishes a timeline where he’s already done the decisive thing: exposed a lie. From there, the other side’s next move becomes predictable and discrediting, not responsive. It’s rhetorical judo: any follow-up criticism can be filed under “smear tactics,” not evidence.

The phrase “false accusation” matters because it’s legalistic without being litigious. It signals seriousness and harm, but stays flexible enough to cover everything from insinuation to conspiracy. “Additional” is the subtle blade. It implies a pattern and an escalation, positioning Soros as the target of a sustained campaign rather than a participant in ordinary political dispute.

The cultural context is the Soros-industrial complex of modern paranoia: a single wealthy financier turned into a global puppet-master in right-wing narratives, often with antisemitic undertones. In that landscape, calling something a “smear” isn’t just reputational triage; it’s an attempt to name the mechanism of propaganda before it can metastasize. The intent is defensive, but also strategic: shift the audience’s attention from the accusation to the accuser’s methods, and you may not have to litigate every detail. It’s a bid for narrative immunity in an ecosystem where rebuttals arrive slower than rumors.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Soros, George. (2026, January 15). Now that I have called you on your false accusation, you are using additional smear tactics. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/now-that-i-have-called-you-on-your-false-143768/

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Soros, George. "Now that I have called you on your false accusation, you are using additional smear tactics." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/now-that-i-have-called-you-on-your-false-143768/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"Now that I have called you on your false accusation, you are using additional smear tactics." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/now-that-i-have-called-you-on-your-false-143768/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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George Soros (born August 12, 1930) is a Businessman from Hungary.

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