This is a general problem in modern communication, thanks in large part to the accelerating factor of the internet. It's evolved to the point that making observations about the weaknesses of an overly adversarial/confrontational position is dismissed as a 'tone argument,' along with negative insinuations about the proponent's motives. It seems as if many people prefer to be in a social echo chamber and express violent rejection of anything that is considered foreign to that environment. I wouldn't be surprised if there is some obvious model for this in the world of cell biology.