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Buffalox@lemmy.world 2 months agoA statement is only an ad hominem if 1) it’s attempting to refute an argument 2) by attacking the character/motive of the person
Which is EXACTLY what he did.
TootGuitar@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Ok buddy, you only quoted part of what I said. You’re wrong, accept it and move on.
Buffalox@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I took the part that was essential. Your claim that only things like this is an ad hominem is essentially the same argument.
That’s the same as your argument is wrong, because you are angry and hurt, and therefore not rational. Both are equally as much attacks on the person and not the argument.
TootGuitar@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I’m not passing any judgement on whether anything is an “OK comment.” In fact, on the topic being discussed, I think I agree with you more than that person you’re replying to, but as I said, I only stopped by to comment on your fallacious claim that the person committed an ad hominem, because it’s super fucking annoying to me when people throw that term around when they don’t know what they’re doing.
THIS PART IS THE PERSON’S ARGUMENT, no matter how good or bad as it might be, and no matter how much it is surrounded by words that you view as insulting. Therefore I hope you agree with me that it’s not an ad hominem. Or did you not read the link I posted yet?
Buffalox@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m surprised you still consider it fallacious?
Yes I know, it’s the way the argument is put with “You have to understand”, as if I wasn’t aware of a very obvious fact.