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Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Dasus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Also, an ad hominem is an attack against the person instead of the argument.

  If you attack the argument and then the person, that’s not technically an ad hominem.

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  • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Exactly. “No because you’re an idiot” is ad hominem, but “no because x, and you’re an idiot for thinking that” is valid albeit rude

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  • caseyweederman@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    No, that would be an and hominem.

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