Word To Describe Something Needed ...

[joko]

is there a word to describe when you post something online, an opinion that merely mentions or highlights that there is another way to look at an issue - and someone leaps in, seemingly furious, and instead of addressing what you have said, starts saying things like - well if you are against the death penalty, you must support murderers and rapists etc, and like that they kill people and probably want to kill people yourself.

or is you say that if for instance you use make up - you probably support animal testing and love watching bunnies tortured etc

you get the idea ... a ludicrous and bizarre leap that defies any logic, that is sort of a personal attack, that does nothing to help the discussion

is there a particular word to describe the sort of person who cannot discuss things without feeling the need to do this...?

thanks

[Prudie]

Is that 'keyboard warrior' ?

[tonyav]

Or troll.

[tamborine]

Disagreeable, obnoxious, objectionable

[joko]

i mean a word that describes that - not words to insult them ... these are not trolls or keyboard warriors these are people who genuinely think like that, whether on the internet or not
tambo they are all those things - but it doesn't really describe what they do.

how and why someone leaps to the biggest most ludicrous outcome at the drop of a hat, worst case scenario level - but actually believes that what theyre saying is a reasonable and logical argument and that they have 'won' or soemthing ... when it actually makes no sense and is not even worth addressing

[Svejk]

Wives?

[Mosaic]

Taking a svejk at someone?

[bookbinder]

illogical thinkers

[Canary42]

Fallacious reasoning.

[dannyk13]

How about contrarians?

[Canary42]

LOL divebuddy. I presume that's because of my JS remark. Made me laugh anyway.

[woofgang]

Its called an argument ad hominem.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem

[Svejk]

^No it's not. You're always wrong.

[Peter Pedant]

wasnt Mary - - contrary
pulling wings off flies and so on

combative ?

disingenuous ?

[Peter Pedant]

// if you are against the death penalty, you must support murderers and rapists etc, and like that they kill people and probably want to kill people yourself. //

oh they would be member of the Mational Rifle Association of america

[woofgang]

Svejk for best answer