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This argument would be interesting if the author wasn't an idiot and had a grasp of what sarcasm is. A: "All rodents are mammals, but a weasel isn't a rodent,
by sh1mmer 18y ago
This argument would be interesting if the author wasn't an idiot and had a grasp of what sarcasm is.
A: "All rodents are mammals, but a weasel isn't a rodent, so it can't be a mammal."
B: "This does not logically follow. You evidently know nothing about logic."
B's argument is still not ad hominem. Note that B directly engages A's argument: he is not attacking the person A instead of his argument. There is no indication that B thinks his subsequent attack on A strengthens his argument, or is a substitute for engaging with A's argument. Unless we have a good reason for thinking otherwise, we should assume it is just a sarcastic flourish.
What a genius!
- sh1mmer 18y agoApparently the rater who down-modded me gets sarcasm and faux-ad hominem.