Quite a shame how people respond

[ideologue08]

Your reaction is exactly what I'm trying to point out to thesummerqueen. As an opponent, you see his behavior standing out, and from your perspective, his message is automatically tainted .

Not really, I don't think his message is tainted because of it, rather, in spite of it. But generally speaking I agree, a person's argument will be tainted if they decide to engage in a public discourse by attacking people's persona rather than what they have to say.