There is a difference between thoughtful disagreement and treating the speaker as an outcast. We should engage and attack ideas based on merits. One of my favo

There is a difference between thoughtful disagreement and treating the speaker as an outcast. We should engage and attack ideas based on merits. One of my favorite ideas here recently is a "steel man" argument. It's putting the best version of an opposing argument forward before explaining why it's wrong. This charity to the people behind the ideas is missing when you're looking for a soundbite or worse looking to banish to an out group.