I suppose you are right, as usual. Unfortunately it’s not really possible to engage in an actual conversation on that subject here.
If you promote skepticism towards the po-mouthed claims to sanctity of ultra-wealthy pharma corporations who have the legal right (bought and paid for) to hide their budgets from scrutiny, you’re an anti-vaxxer and an enemy of the hive. Never mind if you actually support vaccination.
If you advocate GMO labeling in the interests of science, you’re anti-GMO and an enemy of the hive. Never mind if you actually support GMO research and development.
If you object to people ranting and screeching at you, or you ask for a dispassionate review of fact, you are “making the tone argument”. Dissenters are not permitted to make emotional arguments, but they are also not allowed to object to the emotional outbursts of their opposition.
Logic does not determine the membership of the tribe, and the tribe always requires sacrificial victims. If none present themselves, someone will be selected.
