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> Ah, the ad hominem attack that has nothing to do with the substance of the argument. If you judge others based on what they read you better meet your own sta
by alpaca128 6y ago
> Ah, the ad hominem attack that has nothing to do with the substance of the argument.
If you judge others based on what they read you better meet your
own standards, that's all I'm saying.
> Never mind that I'm not a native speaker
Me neither. Even though according to your statements in previous
comments I'm illiterate.
- coldtea 6y ago>If you judge others based on what they read you better meet your own standards, that's all I'm saying. I don't judge any particular person, much less one I'm involved in argument with, for that to be an ad-hominen. I also don't abstracty judge people in general/in toto (e.g. morally, or in some such capacity) I judge their literacy/culture etc. For this purpose, "what you read" has historically been even better than a mere correlation / proxy (being "well read" having been an essential attribute of culture).