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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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This is simply another attempt to attack those who support the war on an ad hominum basis.
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Along the way, he shows Limbaugh to be the ad hominum king whose demonizing and radicalizing of liberal causes -- for example, "femi-Nazis," "welfare queens," and "environmental wachos" -- immediately cuts off meaningful dialogue of substantive complex issues.
Logic and Mr. Limbaugh: A Dittohead's Guide to Fallacious Reasoning by Werner, Michael / The Humanist
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