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Spouting fallacy names without understanding them isn't a get-out-of-jail card you think it is. Not ad hominem: "Your statement is stupid" because it goes agai
by _Algernon_ 3y ago
Spouting fallacy names without understanding them isn't a get-out-of-jail card you think it is.
Not ad hominem: "Your statement is stupid" because it goes against what is said (however poor the statement may otherwise be).
Ad hominem: "You are stupid" because it goes against who says the statement.
GP's comment is an example of the former.
- waihtis 3y agoyou could argue he's criticizing my intellectual capability, but whatever