Let's bring it to the forefront of our conversations.
Such character assassination needs to be as reviled at detested among Americans as would, for example, someone attempting to manipulate our country's currency market for personal gain.
Such activity could threaten any of us that might find ourselves capriciously contrary to the whims of any very wealthy behemoth opposed to our ideas, and the fact that today it's "open season" merely on conservatives should give libertarians, moderates, RINOs, or even liberals no comfort whatsoever--for in history, it's been many, many times that the political tables have turned!
HF
It’s an insidious tactic that must be exposed to daylight. More articles like this one are needed.