, not “my side,” but yes, I think a lot of people on the right do employ that tactic. Ben Shapiro is a great example, someone I dislike immenslely.
Fortunately, with the advent of social media, you can fact-check after the recording. Why wouldn’t you want someone to rattle off lie after lie, when you can destroy them with fact checks later? Let them hang themselves, if they’re truly wrong! Why give them more ammo by giving them such an unnecessary refocus as “calling them a dick?”