Apparently they got the idea from the liberals. Fight fire with fire!
No; that kind of stuff has been going on for years (although I don't like that either) on both sides, but there's no misleading contribution page.
It might not be particularly new, no. Things that work are often copied.
I like how he noted a significant difference between the examples you were giving and this thread, and you replied like you were agreeing with him, except you completely ignored the significant difference he's observing.
Does this work for you in actual human conversations, or is it just something you think works in text? It doesn't.