It is not an absurd argument.

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And, in typical journalistic "objective" fashion, throughout the article, Ms. Elliot sets up in opposition every caricature of the "anti-sharia movement" with a serious academic or "Muslim leader" who dismisses the caricature as an absurd argument, just as one might expect.

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Most of this argument is absurd on its face.

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Despite its absurd implications, no other argument against immigration receives more attention from Congress and the media.

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Others sounded so absurd they bordered on cartoonish, feeding the defense argument that Valle and friends he met on extreme sexual fetish websites were merely engaging in fantasies.

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" He calls the argument used in the lower court ruling "ridiculous" and "on its face absurd.

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