They only ever seem to be used to diminish and try to shut down discussion. To deflect from somebody's argument without addressing it, and to try to make the other person look irrational and/or mean spirited, or to characterise their point as an overreaction, however moderately it's been been put. They are the polemical equivalent of playing the player not the ball.
The words are froth/frothing/frothers, sneer/sneery/sneering and hate/haters.
Will Nyone join me in. Moratorium?