Going one step further, you can strongly disagree with a statement without attaching a value judgement to the other person's argument. In spirit, this rule sho

Going one step further, you can strongly disagree with a statement without attaching a value judgement to the other person's argument. In spirit, this rule should hold even if you aren't attacking the author directly but are disparaging the value of their perspective. That is simply unnecessary and you can just refute the point directly.