tone policing is an ad hominem that turns the focus to the tone of the argument whether than the actual argument.
“maybe if you were nicer/more polite/less bitter/less angry, people would listen to you”
that’s tone policing.
I want a Venn diagram of people who think carrying an unwanted pregnancy to term is a “minor inconvenience” and also think being required to mask in public to reduce transmission of a deadly airborne virus is a violation of their right to personal autonomy.
I know I should ignore it but I just saw someone being mad about...scary flares at protests.
This is embarrassing, you are embarrassing the entire USA. Like, some of us have friends in Europe that text us like "are these people real?"