Your examples are what we call loyalty tests, and they're used to manufacture consent. They're only effective when one side fully controls the argument, which i

Your examples are what we call loyalty tests, and they're used to manufacture consent. They're only effective when one side fully controls the argument, which is why questioning and debating are forbidden; either you accept even their most extreme and hyperbolic points, or you're a traitor to the cause. It's coercive anti-democracy in sheep's skin at its finest.