Attack the strongest, discredit them, and get them out of the way. All supposedly done in the name love and concern.

痛击最坚强的人、败坏其名声并扫除这些“路障”，这一切都在据称为“爱与关怀”的名义下完成。

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Some of them are predisposed to dislike Saussure and to hope that they can somehow discredit him by learning more about things that he thought that aren't actually in the text.

那些不喜欢他的人们,希望能找出更多书中没有提到的,他的思想，以打击此书的权威性。

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