“If it were true that conservatives (not necessarily tories meant here, ed.) were
racist, sexist, homophobic, fascist, stupid, inflexible, angry, and
self-righteous, shouldn’t their arguments be easy to deconstruct? Someone who is
making a point out of anger, ideology, inflexibility, or resentment would
presumably construct a flimsy argument. So why can’t the argument itself be
dismembered rather than the speaker’s personal style or hidden motives? Why the
evasions?” – Ann CoulterYet the left virtually always move directly to ad hominem arguments without even passing Go!