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Genuinely: what do you know about effective protesting? Are you speaking from experience as a successful organizer who got legislation passed or local policies
by KittenInABox 2y ago
Genuinely: what do you know about effective protesting? Are you speaking from experience as a successful organizer who got legislation passed or local policies reformed due to your activism? Do you have sociological papers on the phenomenon maybe, are you a journalist who investigates this? Your criticisms would have more weight if I had a better idea from which the experience you had to make these criticisms.
- robertlagrant 2y agoThis is called "ad hominem". Make a counterargument, rather than attacking the person.
- KittenInABox 2y agoI genuinely want to know their experience in organizing to get better context as to their expertise. They are the one making claims about what works and doesn't work. I don't know jack shit about organizing, so I'd like to know if I should take their opinion as an educated one or a layman.
- kthejoker2 2y agoAsking for one's credentials on a topic before assessing their claims is not ad hominem.