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'The "Horrors" of Bolshevism' — British postcard (ca. 1919) published by the Workers' Socialist Federation. (lemmy.ml)

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[–] wellfill@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ad hominem is not absurd?

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

At least learn what ad hominem means if you're going to keep using it to try and make yourself sound smart. Ad hominem would be me dismissing your argument by attacking your personality. I'm dismissing your argument because the argument itself is nonsensical drivel as I've explain in detail in another reply in this thread.

[–] wellfill@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It generally means an attack on the speaker, instead of showing fallacy in the argument. As you may have noticed I made no claim of ad hominem in the other reply chain. Just here.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

What it actually means is to attempt to discredit the argument by attacking the speaker instead of the argument.