'arguments' to defend your positions quickly devolve to the bottom of the "hierarchy of disagreement":
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Hierarchy_of_disagreement
Ad Hominem
You're familiar with this, and it comes in many guises - associative, ad fidentia (or confidence attack), abusive, circumstantial and hypocritical.
Effectively attacking the authority of the speaking instead of the argument.
It is quite sad, even pathetic really.