Marcello,
I think your list generalizes too much. I see three main types of words on the list. The first type indicates in-group out-group distinction and seems pretty poisonous to me. The second are ad hominem arguments which are dangerous, but do apply sometimes. And then there are a few like “too complicated.” You call those “negative affect words”? Surely it is better to say “that is too complicated to be true” than to say simply “that is not true”?
Marcello, I think your list generalizes too much. I see three main types of words on the list. The first type indicates in-group out-group distinction and seems pretty poisonous to me. The second are ad hominem arguments which are dangerous, but do apply sometimes. And then there are a few like “too complicated.” You call those “negative affect words”? Surely it is better to say “that is too complicated to be true” than to say simply “that is not true”?