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Its accuracy or lack of accuracy doesn't really matter. Even if you are an idiot, my calling you an idiot is unwarranted.
by tikhonj 15y ago
Its accuracy or lack of accuracy doesn't really matter. Even if you are an idiot, my calling you an idiot is unwarranted.
- catshirt 15y agono one called anyone an idiot
- tikhonj 15y agoClaiming somebody has "completely lost sight of reality" is similar, differing only in degree and number of words.
- Cushman 15y agoIdiot is your word. Gruber said "lost sense of reality", which is what you would have to do to think that Apple only makes over-priced products. It is objectively not true.
- vibrunazo 15y ago"Idiot" is an ad hominem, but "has no sense of reality" isn't? Ad Hominem is an attack on the person, regardless of which specific attack it is. Being accurate or not has nothing to do with it. If I say that you're wrong and a jew, I just made an ad hominem attack, regardless if you're actually a jew or not. That's completely uncalled for.
- malkia 15y agoBut he didn't say "idiot". You assumed that's what he meant to say...
- tikhonj 15y agoPerhaps "idiot" was too strong a word. But my point is not about severity--it's about personal attacks in general. I did not mean to imply Gruber called anyone an idiot; rather, I was just illustrating how an ad hominem is an ad hominem regardless of accuracy.