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Dismissing people with a label to invalidate their argument is ad hominem and is an eternally weak counterargument.

• bananapub 4y ago
  > Dismissing people with a label to invalidate their argument is ad hominem and is an eternally weak counterargument. it is nice to be reminded that I guess this isn't a uniquely low quality site, and that comments like yours were endemic on k5 and slashdot and usenet, too. I of course wasn't dismissing anyone based on a label, I was dismising them based on their low quality posting: > it truly is bizarre how many fanboys came here to post irrelevant and incorrect information to defend Musk you're right I shouldn't discriminate, and I do also have disdain for the non-fanboys posting irrelevant and incorrect information edit: verbosity