> The fact that Yang's campaign is struggling should throw cold water on the notion that this kind of thing poisons the political process. This is not logical.

> The fact that Yang's campaign is struggling should throw cold water on the notion that this kind of thing poisons the political process. This is not logical. "This kind of thing poisons the political process" does not come close to implying 'any candidate who engages in this kind of thing is likely to become wildly popular'. That would be an obviously crazy position, and refuting it is only useful as a way to avoid engaging with non-strawmanned concerns about social media manipulation.