• Tinidril@midwest.social
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        ad hominem - A fallacious objection to an argument or factual claim by appealing to a characteristic or belief of the person making the argument or claim, rather than by addressing the substance of the argument or producing evidence against the claim; an attempt to argue against an opponent’s idea by discrediting the opponent himself.

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          “Your point is wrong because you are stupid” -ad hominem

          “Your point is wrong and you are stupid”- not ad hominem

        • BurgerPunk [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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          ad hominem - A fallacious objection to an argument or factual claim by appealing to a characteristic or belief of the person making the argument or claim, rather than by addressing the substance of the argument or producing evidence against the claim; an attempt to argue against an opponent’s idea by discrediting the opponent himself.

          Did you even read that definition? You weren’t applying it correctly. Similarly the things you said, were wrong, not because of who you are, but because the things you said were wrong. That’s why i encourage you to read instead of talk

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            Here is the entire comment I originally said was an ad hominim.

            That is completely false. You have no clue what you are talking about. If you want to talk about something, try educating yourself first

            It’s just a bald assertion that I am wrong followed by an assertion that I’m uneducated or ignorant. There is absolutely no attempt to engage with the argument at all. This is clearly an ad hominim.

            Obviously you didn’t

            Doubling down on the assertion that I’m uneducated, and still no engagement with the argument. - ad hominim 2

            You don’t even know what your debate pervert words mean. Read a book dude

            So, I’m a “debate pervert”, whatever that means, and I don’t read books. There is no attempt whatsoever to explain how I am misunderstanding the term. ad hominim 3

            And now you are on my block list.