When is insulting people justified in a debate?

By that I mean calling someone an idiot or implying that they are.

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Keraunos · 36-40, M

No one ever needs to "justify" doing that, but it's almost unheard of for someone to do it to any effect aside from showing themselves to be precisely what they just accused the other person of being.