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And this would be a textbook example of an ad hominem fallacy.
by Karunamon 10y ago
And this would be a textbook example of an ad hominem fallacy.
- kelukelugames 10y agoNo, he got paid to speak about the importance of family and the evils of gay marriage.
- Karunamon 10y agoAnd this has what to do with the correctness or incorrectness of his analysis?
- jungturk 10y agoBeing able to practice what one preaches is a useful heuristic on how authentically one holds that position.
- Karunamon 10y ago..which is still a poor proxy for correctness or incorrectness.
- kelukelugames 10y agok, but the people who fired him for it disagree
- woofyman 10y agoHe makes a living being a partisan Republican. That means he can't be impartial.
- CalChris 10y agoUm, no. An ad hominem argument would be if I were attacking 551199's character which I'm not. Instead, 551199 cited D'Souza as a reliable source and I attacked D'Souza's character. See the difference? Good. I am however, impeaching D'Souza's credibility as a source.
- Karunamon 10y ago..based on political views you find odious, rather than directly attacking what you think is right or wrong about the particular (unrelated) statement in question. That is an ad hominem argument.
- cmdrfred 10y agoI agree. Attack the argument not the arguer.
- CalChris 10y agoAgain, the arguer was+is 551199 and I'm not attacking him. However, he did trot out the odious Dinesh D'Souza and I felt it necessary to put that cretin into his proper context. So I'm not attacking the arguer; I'm attacking his alternate facts.
- enraged_camel 10y agoAd hominems are not always fallacious: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem#Non-fallacious_reasoning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem#Non-fallacious_reas... Specifically, pointing out the obviously biased nature of a source calls to question the credibility of said source, even before we get to addressing the argument itself.
- CalChris 10y ago> ..based on political views you find odious Well, I didn't know that a felony conviction or cheating on your wife were political views. However, given the current President, perhaps you're right.