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Ad Hominem
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[Latin, To the person.] A term used in debate to denote an argument made personally against an opponent, instead of against the opponent's argument.
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Ad hominems used to be grade-school errors of logic dealt with by the counsel of philosopher-morns everywhere: if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.
How dissenters work: a look from inside Anglicanism by De Ville, Adam / Catholic Insight
Scrape away the bald ad hominems and the unpersuasive arguments, and there isn't much left.
A Week of Eating Dangerously by Corn, Fosh / Reason
Of course these ad hominems are far from constituting conclusive proof of Gaillot's unfitness to wear the episcopal mantle, but taken in conjunction with the charges of absenteeism, broken communion, and an all but hopelessly divided flock, they do indeed constitute reasonable cause to hold such a review.
Provocateur or prophet? The French church & Bishop Gaillot by Englund, Steven / Commonweal
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