Ad Hominem

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Ad Hominem

[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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That's why Donald Trump, a master of the ad hominem attack, is less popular than mosquitoes.

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Nor should they employ their own ad hominem attacks against abortion supporters.

Men, misogyny, and hypocrisy: when the abortion debate is about you responding to criticisms of pro-lifers' gender, motivations, and consistency

Ad hominem excuses for argument are rife on the Internet, where some writers seem stupid enough to deserve the insults and others are victims of undeserved personal attacks.

Indulging in fallacies..

Given that fact, there is little more to say of the book than that it should have been titled Ad Hominem Ad Nauseum.

Ayn Rand Nation: The Hidden Struggle for America's Soul

And finally, the ad hominem attack on Pogrebin is completely out of line.

Rebutting Mistruths

Ad hominem attacks are the masks worn by hollow arguments.

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Of course, their arguments usually turn out to be ad hominem nonsense with no data to confirm their assertions.

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Schutte's Boom van my lewe [Tree of my life] and Strydom and Burger's Ad hominem were investigated.

Tender like marrow: a gender-based reading of Boom van my lewe [Tree of my life] and Ad hominem/'n Murgtere saak: 'n Gendermatige lees van Boom van my lewe en Ad hominem

This case involved the among other things the discussion of the Validity of criminal legislation passed ad hominem and ex post facto, and the Competence of Parliament to pass laws which offend against fundamental principles of justice

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There are better and more effective ways to state pro-gun positions than Korwin's ad hominem attacks.

Gun free?

These ad hominem (or in my case ad feminam) attacks mean little.

Anderson attack; emails & letters

Ad hominem arguments: In case you don't know the term, an ad hominem argument goes like this: "You said 2 + 2 equals 4.