Rhetorical jousting has its place, but so does good faith argumentation.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2756738/
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith&oldid=14428829
http://meatballwiki.org/wiki/AssumeGoodFaith
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4978680/
https://books.google.com/books?id=AorftvYASHEC&lpg=PR11&ots=0Xpj-AWSl6&dq=adversarial%20argument&lr&pg=PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false