The Pilpul argument style seems to reign supreme all over the internet and elsewhere in major media.

Many agents have approached me with this style and it is my practice to not interact with anyone who behaves in this manner. You may find this topic interesting.

The link is here.

“Pilpul occurs any time the speaker is committed to “prove” his point regardless of the evidence in front of him. The casuistic aspect of this hair-splitting leads to a labyrinthine form of argument where the speaker blows enough rhetorical smoke to make his interlocutor submit. Reason is not an issue when pilpul takes over: what counts is the establishment of a fixed, immutable point that can never truly be disputed.”