That argument, even if correct, can be used to target any and all viewpoints. It’s just a matter of who gets to decide what is and isn’t “rational”, “deceptive

That argument, even if correct, can be used to target any and all viewpoints. It’s just a matter of who gets to decide what is and isn’t “rational”, “deceptive” or indeed “intolerant”. Shift the definitions ever so slightly in your favor and you have an iron-clad tool to suppress, with good conscience, your adversaries, no matter which side you are on.