We need to add an asterisk to the Sartre quote:

Never believe that [right-wingers] are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words*.

* With the exception of 'pedophile'. For some reason they take that one REAL seriously