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Opening and closing your comment with ad-hominem, by calling the person's argument a conspiracy theory, makes you less persuasive, not more. It makes me more in
by notshift 4y ago
Opening and closing your comment with ad-hominem, by calling the person's argument a conspiracy theory, makes you less persuasive, not more. It makes me more inclined to think your own arguments are coming from a biased position rather than an unbiased look at the facts & an open mind.
I don't think most of the people in power in an organization having a particular agenda or set of beliefs is "a conspiracy". It happens all the time. (Actual 'conspiracies' happen all the time too. People conspire - hence the existence of the word.)
(I don't have a dog in this fight about the NRC.)
- r6furbrhffkfj 4y ago
- Maursault 4y ago> Opening and closing your comment with ad-hominem, by calling the person's argument a conspiracy theory That wasn't ad hominem. It characterized the argument, not the person. > makes you This is ad hominem. You've ignored the arguments and characterized the person. > most of the people in power in an organization having a particular agenda or set of beliefs This is hasty generalization. -------- Defeat the paywall[0] [0] https://archive.ph/anGl6 https://archive.ph/anGl6