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That's an ad hominem attack, on the same level as 'oh, he'd say that of course, he's a politician.' When you do that, you lose the opportunity to examine the ar
by shadowsun7 16y ago
That's an ad hominem attack, on the same level as 'oh, he'd say that of course, he's a politician.' When you do that, you lose the opportunity to examine the arguments he's presenting based on merit.
- hga 16y agoNo, the more apropos argument would be "Oh, he'd say that of course, he's 'Tricky' Dick Nixon". The parent poster is pointing out that Dan Lyons, not all pundits, has a very bad track record, one I'll note that goes back more than half a decade, and therefore bias in looking at what he says is warranted. Which is an argument I find hard to disagree with. If he wasn't the author of Fake Steve Jobs I personally wouldn't be interested in a word he has to say; there are other people out there with more credibility covering what he does so he can be safely ignored.
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