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There is nothing wrong with examining the motive behind someone's argument. That's very different than an ad hominem attack.
by kemitche 8y ago
There is nothing wrong with examining the motive behind someone's argument. That's very different than an ad hominem attack.
- agwa 8y agoThat is literally an ad hominem attack: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem
- Chris2048 8y agolater parts of the page claim the ad-homs are legitimate. Most people would consider a claim of "ad-home" as implying illegitimacy though.
- taeric 8y agoIn this case it is literally the definition of the fallacy. The argument was not addressed at all. Not a single word of the post went to even acknowledge the content of the article. Whenever I see a post that does nothing but dismiss an argument based on who made it, I do question the poster. There is a chance it is warranted, but in those cases evidence is at least presented. This post didn't even offer that.