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Your comment is ad-hominem (dismissive) and does not contribute to the conversation. You can dislike with the style/syntax of the article but the point it's mak
by ryanianian 7y ago
Your comment is ad-hominem (dismissive) and does not contribute to the conversation. You can dislike with the style/syntax of the article but the point it's making isn't "things change" it's that "things change for the worse" complete with several examples which other commenters here either support or disagree with, but helpful comments mention central points in the article in good-faith conversation.
- brosinante 7y agoI prefer to see it as continuing the argument in the same tone as the original - ie not particularly truthful and set in tone and content to support a skewed point of view and appeal to sentiment rather than anything else.
- xpe 7y agoI am not confident you are using ad-hominem correctly. From the Merriam Webster online dictionary: “1 : appealing to feelings or prejudices rather than intellect an ad hominem argument 2 : marked by or being an attack on an opponent's character rather than by an answer to the contentions made made an ad hominem personal attack on his rival” (Here on HN, I think that #2 is the most common usage.)