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Thanks for the clarification on "ad hominem" versus personal attacks. Now I understand that it's only ad hominem if the basis of the argument relies on the per

Thanks for the clarification on "ad hominem" versus personal attacks. Now I understand that it's only ad hominem if the basis of the argument relies on the personal attack. All that aside, your comment above, reproduced here, is clearly a personal attack: > Not only are you surprisingly easily manipulated, apparently, don't you have better things to hack on?

jhuni 14y ago
Is it "clearly" a personal attack even though there is a question mark there?
- chris_wot 14y ago
  Yes. Try the following: "You are a moron who has no idea what they are talking about?", or an actual question "Are you a moron who has no idea what they are talking about?" Both lower the tone. Both cause unnecessary battles and derail discussions.