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The 'Argumentum ad personam "is a pseudo-argument against a specific debater, taking it out on itself. It has nothing to do with criticism of a group in general.
Your amalgamation is a complete denial of rhetoric.
On the other hand if I say: "janic shows us once again his ignorance and his inability to dialogue intelligently, that is to say to speak of the subject rather than of the person who spoke", there it is, like you made it, an ad personam argument ". Do you see the difference? That would surprise me
RHETORIC, noun. fem. and adj.
I. - Subst. fem.
A. - Discourse technique; set of rules, procedures constituting the art of speaking well, eloquence. Bah, then, am I trying to understand? For example:
Forhorse wrote: You have to put in the trash, you and your nauseous subjects ...The opinion of the fascists attacking freedom of expression, nothing to worry about.How to understand, here if there is an ad personam argument. "Is Forhorse
the fachos or
un facho?
or that it comes from incompetent filth who understand nothing about science.
and there you are part of it then! Quite stupid
I should then have answered: "
The opinion of the fascists attacking freedom of expression, nothing to worry about "The fascists are, in your logic, not you obviously
There too ! should I have said: "
Were you aiming at someone or is it just an impression, on the supposed incompetence of who knows who or what and therefore you can be part of it as well? " But you do take yourself for the reference to who must compare the incompetent in question.
You are going to say no "to science"! Of course but which ones and are you again the yardstick to which these incompetent people must compare themselves according to your judgment?
Argument ad personam
Should not be confused with Argumentum ad hominem.
In an argument, the ad personam argument refers to a personal attack made by one of the parties to the opposing party unrelated to the substance of the debate. Was this a substantive debate or not? RHETORIC !?
"We make science with facts, like making a house with stones: but an accumulation of facts is no more a science than a pile of stones is a house" Henri Poincaré