“someone who feels that passionately about the issue must guard against just criticism of the opposition becoming mere or character assassination,”
she reminded me pointedly.

tell me what kind of word i'm looking for (the sentence doesn't make sense to me)
or jest tell me which best fits.

choices: accrue annotation bedlam covert debonair dun efficacious equanimity fortuitous gist gratuitous imperious invective motley munificent procrastinate provocative recondite reprobate sedentary