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Don't presume to know anything about the lives of people commenting here. Also, that's an ad hominem attack so it's not really valid anyway.
by hueving 10y ago
Don't presume to know anything about the lives of people commenting here. Also, that's an ad hominem attack so it's not really valid anyway.
- justinlaster 10y agoAssuming something isn't valid because it contains a fallacy is in and of itself a fallacy. Ad hominems are used all the time in extremely valid ways. Take what he said in spirit, instead of literally.
- hueving 10y agoIt is invalid because the ad hominem is the entire content of the comment. There is no content other than the attack on HNers.
- justinlaster 10y agoWell that's clearly false to everyone else, and again, is kind of irrelevant.
- ____nope 10y agoNerds never seem to catch on that dismissing criticism as an ad-hominem is itself an ad-hominem.
- wcarron 10y agoI wouldn't necessarily say so. Rightfully pointing out that someone has made a statement which doesn't add anything to the discussion or support their argument is a valid counter to ad-hominem attacks which aren't automatically themselves ad-hominem.
- BrandonLive 10y agoFurther, it's not an ad hominem to insult somebody while arguing with them. It's only an ad hominem if the insult is the basis of your argument.
- hueving 10y agoThe entire basis of the argument I am replying to is that people shouldn't be criticizing because "meanwhile back in their own lives, they still have to argue with project managers over the "right" way to get code done." So that is the very definition of an ad hominem. The comment had no actual rebuttal to said 'shitting' that it was attacking.