I was not leaning on the credibility of this person in any way except to say that it changed his mind on this one specific issue.
When a reply mentioned unrelated past statements from the same person, it was clear that they wanted to tar the statement by association rather than discuss it substantively.
And I think that you should be immensely skeptical of what somebody like Hanania is trying to do to your mind and beliefs.
I believe that mentioning that he is a virulent racist who is actively seeking a much more brutal and unjust world is critical to the substance of his other political writing. These are not unrelated statements.
When a reply mentioned unrelated past statements from the same person, it was clear that they wanted to tar the statement by association rather than discuss it substantively.