Ad Hominem is grossly 'over-diagnosed' on the internet. I would say that the vast majority of the time that somebody claims somebody else is using ad hominems,

Ad Hominem is grossly 'over-diagnosed' on the internet. I would say that the vast majority of the time that somebody claims somebody else is using ad hominems, what they are actually doing is merely insulting the other person. In other words: "You are wrong because of X, Y, and Z. You fucking idiot." not: "You are wrong, because you are a fucking idiot." The first will typically get cries of "ad hominem", but it isn't. The second sentence is not being used to logically support the assertion in the first sentence, it is just a tacked on plain-old insult.