No, that would be an and hominem.
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Dasus@lemmy.world 1 month agoAlso, 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