No, that would be an and hominem.
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Dasus@lemmy.world 4 weeks 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.
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 weeks 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