Torture justification rests on stereotyped suspicion, not verified knowledge

Evidence

But how to know whether the person under interrogation has such information in the first place? So contemplation of torture can only be pursued on suspicion. And that suspicion is predicated if not altogether fabricated on presumption of a stereotypical preconception, invariably indexed to or insinuated about a group gone ghostly, of what a terrorist must look or act like. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1870 (#expands, via linked claim)

That torture is even conceivable to some at the supposed limit so as to elicit information where there is “pending attack” – the case of “the ticking time bomb” – must necessarily take its cue from such silenced racisms. That they are planning such an inconceivably horrifying act – suicide bombing, beheadings, and so on – licenses extreme counter-action to limit possible devastation. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1869 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Torture justification rests on stereotyped notions of what a terrorist looks like — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1870; The ticking-time-bomb torture scenario presupposes racialized suspicion — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1869

Broader Connections

• Torture justification rests on stereotyped notions of what a terrorist looks like #expands (0.97) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1870
• The ticking-time-bomb torture scenario presupposes racialized suspicion #exemplifies (0.92) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1869