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>> more likely an ad hominem >what are you talking about? Mozilla is an organisation not an individual LOL That does not change the fact that you are attackin
by cycomanic 5y ago
>> more likely an ad hominem
>what are you talking about? Mozilla is an organisation not an individual LOL
That does not change the fact that you are attacking the entity that is making the argument not the argument, which is a classic ad hominem. The nature of the entity making the argument is completely irrelevant.
- mastazi 5y agoI don’t think that’s what ad hominem means, you don’t have to trust my words on that, just open a Latin dictionary and look for the entry “homo, hominis”. And by the way, yes I am attacking the entity not the argument, you are right about that.
- chalst 5y agoAd hominem is an idiom: you cannot infer the meaning of an idiom from the composition of its words. A counterargument is ad hominem if it rests on what it says about the arguer, not the content of the argument. It's not always a fallacy, but it is a danger sign for bad argument.
- hunterslaptop 5y ago> you are attacking the entity that is making the argument not the argument it's a case of conflict of interest, only the entity counts not the argument.