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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 6 days 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 6 days ago

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