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> it's just a personal attack pointing out someone's stake in an argument does not constitute an ad hominem fallacy
by slartibutfast 3y ago
> it's just a personal attack
pointing out someone's stake in an argument does not constitute an ad hominem fallacy
- MRtecno98 3y agoStill doesn't add anything useful to the conversation
- Karunamon 3y agoIt literally does. Whether someone has a stake in an argument does not affect whether it is true or false.
- slartibutfast 3y ago[flagged]
- pvg 3y agoIt's not an ok thing to do here, regardless where it fits (or not) in the list of logical fallacies. There's a whole section in the site's guidelines about this under 'In comments'. The comment in question flunks just about all of these. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html