【单选题】The word epithets in “labels such as ‘a friend of big business’ or ‘a dues-paying member of the party in power’ can be the epithets that damage an opponent” (paragraph 5) means
【单选题】The word ( ) means 'the party sued in a civil lawsuit or the party charged with a crime in a criminal prosecution; in some types of cases (such as divorce) a defendant may be called a respondent'.