There has been a fierce polemic against him since he emerged as a figure of importance in the Reformation.
And there has been no stopping the Plath polemics these past 50 years.
This time, too, there has been an amplitude of angry polemics, but no rush to get directly involved.
In recent months there has been a steady increase in polemics in the United States and China, with each side accusing the other of pursuing economic policies that run contrary to accepted international rules.
Opinion has been summarized as follows: "The polemics over [Tchaikovsky's] death have reached an impasse... Rumor attached to the famous die hard.
And though I am sure he would have been an asset to Portland polemics (and has been for numerous political fundraisers as a performer), I am among many who are grateful he chose the fork in the road with the sign that said, 'MUSIC' instead of 'POLITICS.' They travel the globe sharing their plentiful treasure trove of new compositions and old melodies.
"I think this polemic with Cambridge has been overblown," said one close friend of Regeni's in Egypt.
The first single from the fourth album Stankonia has been interpreted as an anti-war polemic and would acquire a veneer of dread prophecy as the Bush administration's wars pitched America into a terrifying 21st century.
The film could hardly be accused of subtlety: at one point, we hear the polemic, "this country has been separated from its national essence!", while in the background, the flag of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force - formerly the insignia of the Imperial Japanese Navy - flutters proudly in the breeze.
It is disappointing, then, to find that such a worthy effort has been so badly disfigured by anger, polemics, sloppy logic and paper-thin research stretched well beyond its tensile strength.
I am not taking Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century with me, because it has been spoiled by all the blooming polemics I've read about it, and it's so enormous it will break the luggage allowance on the flight.
