Usually a pyramid graphic indicates that the lower levels are necessary to achieve the higher levels. This is also the point of the Maslows pyramid which he ref

Usually a pyramid graphic indicates that the lower levels are necessary to achieve the higher levels. This is also the point of the Maslows pyramid which he references. This graphic seem to indicate that "name calling" is necessary footwork to refute the central point in an argument. Perhaps that is the point, but I'm pretty sure that was not what pg originally meant!