For some reason, i.e. the title of the piece, I was looking for at least an attempt to refute any of these items. I didn’t see one that actually tried to address the merits. That was pathetic.
Sowell, in “Intellectuals”, nails this “tactic” to a T.
It’s “arguments instead of arguments”.
Leftists never argue based on the merits of the issue, but they always go for the “shut you down”, attempt to embarrass you into not arguing with them anymore.
After reading “you can still trust the communists to be communists”, I recognize this is a typical tactic of the left.
It is also typical of argumentation from Leftists, from what I see.