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MSNBC host compares Annoying Orange's disdain for MSM to strange Russian journalist deaths
LeisureSuit912:
--- Quote from: otto-san on February 07, 2017, 11:12:58 PM ---Tengen Topp McFrinkin Kekkeroni and Chease Pizza, truly you have made a fool of yourself in this place today, knave
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I believe sir we have indeed been decimated by our own logic
beachbum111111:
--- Quote from: LeisureSuit912 on February 07, 2017, 11:12:19 PM ---who cares
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I saw that quickedit
Corderlain:
--- Quote from: beachbum111111 on February 07, 2017, 11:10:42 PM ---No ad hominem is using a personal attack in place of an argument.
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Calling someone handicapped is attack against their intelligence and by proxy the validity of their argument due to their supposed stupidity.
--- Quote from: otto-san on February 07, 2017, 11:12:58 PM ---Tengen Topp McFrinkin Kekkeroni and Chease Pizza, truly you have made a fool of yourself in this place today, knave
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Thanks young blood. I'll aim to get less involved in these sorts of altercations.
--- Quote from: beachbum111111 on February 07, 2017, 11:14:40 PM ---I saw that quickedit
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As did I. Him calling me a handicap is almost a compliment.
Ipquarx:
--- Quote from: Corderlain on February 07, 2017, 11:16:33 PM ---Calling someone handicapped is attack against their intelligence and by proxy the validity of their argument due to their supposed stupidity.
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There is no "by proxy" unless the person making the argument makes that clear themselves. If it's not specifically made as a part of the argument, then it's not a part of the argument.
That would be like saying "Oh, but Ipquarx, what you just said in that very post makes me look bad! And since that's an insult to my intelligence, you just committed an ad hominem."
In other words, a strawman.
beachbum111111:
--- Quote from: Corderlain on February 07, 2017, 11:16:33 PM ---Calling someone handicapped is attack against their intelligence
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More like an observation of their behavior
--- Quote from: Corderlain on February 07, 2017, 11:16:33 PM ---and by proxy the validity of their argument due to their supposed stupidity.
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Sure if they had no other argument. But what I see is that I could write a 10 paragraph response to someone on why they are wrong, but if I throw in that they are acting handicapped they focus their entire response on the fact that I called them a mean word. It's basically this
People need to stop misusing ad hominem like it's some kind of automatic debate winning word.