claude disagrees, and doesn't this read like a list of arguments that have been made:

Much worse than appeals to authority:

• Outright fabrication - making up facts or evidence

• Threats and coercion - “agree with me or else”

• Arguments that incite violence or target vulnerable groups

• Complete evidence denial - refusing to engage with any contrary information

• Circular reasoning that makes productive discussion impossible

• Deliberate misrepresentation of opponents’ positions