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I fail to see how this is an ad hominem, can you please explain?

• jdlshore 6y ago
  It’s the “ad hominem fallacy fallacy”—in a nutshell, thinking that abuse (or mere criticism, in this case) is an ad hominem attack. I love this article on the subject: https://laurencetennant.com/bonds/adhominem.html https://laurencetennant.com/bonds/adhominem.html Ironically, the GP is ad hominem; as the above link says, “while he pretends to deal with A's argument, in using the term "ad hominem" incorrectly, B is in fact trying to dismiss the argument by imputing that A is resorting to personal attacks.”