Nice, though I don't think the strat are classical ad hominem attacks: one discredits the speaker *by* discrediting (through arbitrary re-framing, omitting context, etc) the argument. Does this have a name?
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RT @McCormickProf
The way the game is now played, when people encounter a view they don't like or agree with, instead of trying to defeat it with reasons, evidence, and arguments, they try to defame and stigmatize those holdin…
https://twitter.com/McCormickProf/status/1391883341243338756