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You are attempting to use a fallacy called an "Ad Hominem". https://www.csus.edu/indiv/g/gaskilld/criticalthinking/six%20common%20fallacies.htm https://www.csu
by robbintt 6y ago
You are attempting to use a fallacy called an "Ad Hominem".
https://www.csus.edu/indiv/g/gaskilld/criticalthinking/six%20common%20fallacies.htm https://www.csus.edu/indiv/g/gaskilld/criticalthinking/six%2...
- jchw 6y agoThis user is of the opinion that the site's behavior is hypocritical and therefore it makes their argument less persuasive. It's their opinion. Putting aside questions of whether invoking logical fallacies here makes sense, it is unclear to me what invoking fallacies can possibly add to this conversation.
- ddrt 6y agoI believe they successfully completed the attempt by the time you came along.
- augustt 6y agoIn real life, perhaps unlike debate camp, having your actions speak for themselves does actually matter.
- qqssccfftt 6y agoThe correct response to somebody pointing out a logical fallacy is the "Nordic gamer yes" image. Unfortunately HN does not have image posts.
- OJFord 6y agoThe tens of thousands of users with no desire to be introduced to 'the Nordic gamer yes image' disagree that this is unfortunate. There are plenty of places on the internet that welcome memes, it isn't a missing feature that HN isn't one of them.
- at_a_remove 6y agoIf you really care that much about fallacies, you should at least pick the correct one. In this case, what you were really looking for is "Tu quoque." Note: I have provided an example by saying this.
- RubenvanE 6y agoYou're right, but technically tu quogue is a type of ad hominem attack. So OP used an ad hominem tu quoque fallacy to discredit the author. Even though this might not be the strongest argument from a purely logic point of view, it can still be a valid critique on the author.
- saagarjha 6y agoI think the fallacies list needs an addition for “wrongly accusing others of logical fallacies and linking it in your response”.