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> 50% of the top level comments at this time are ad hominems against Mao.
by fallingknife 5y ago
> 50% of the top level comments at this time are ad hominems against Mao.
- Jensson 5y agoThese aren't ad hominem fallacies, attacking the merit of authority figures is warranted when they are used as authority figures.
- drewcoo 5y agoAd hominem means against the person, so even if this weren't an example of a fallacy it would be an ad hominem attack. As has been pointed out, people are taking issue with Mao, the person, instead of dealing with his accusations. And that is an example of an ad hominem fallacy. As to merit, fallacies have no bearing on actual truth value, only on soundness of argument. I think that's what you were getting at. For whatever it's worth, I'm no Mao fan.