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by grokgrok 210 days ago
The negatively coded, tribal/political speech can be referred to as 'Polemic' which stems from 'warlike' expression.
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And polemic is an entirely legitimate form of political action.

Would you rather starve or never lie about those that would starve you?

I would rather not trust the first person who claims <outgroup> wants to starve me. Polemnics may be legitimate - they may not be, I haven't thought about it deeply - but they are undoubtedly worth dropping from my own information diet.