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An ad hominem argument is one in which you reject a position not on its merits but because of who is making it. They took a position that copy/pasting code lead
by dannypgh 12y ago
An ad hominem argument is one in which you reject a position not on its merits but because of who is making it. They took a position that copy/pasting code leads to unmaintainable code, therefore his argument is not ad hominem.
He's being insulting, sure, but that doesn't mean he's making an ad hominem argument.
- twelvechairs 12y agoIt is ad hominem. The ad hominem part is the part which infers the parent poster makes whole teams grind to a halt and also earns less than himself.
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