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What is an ad hom?

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An ad hom is dismissing someone's ARGUMENT via reference to something that has nothing to do with the argument. Eg. 'You only studied two years of psychology hurr durr I did 4 and I'm still dumb, so you must be too.'

To reply to that idiot then and say 'No, you're just a dumbass' is not an ad hom because there's no ARGUMENT being made, it's just pathetic dumbness.

Get learned.

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potentate says

Did you flunk out after two years because from everything you've posted on this topic it seems that you did.


i want to delete this topic again, but after this sick burn i'm gonna leave it alone
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Did you flunk out after two years because from everything you've posted on this topic it seems that you did.
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bdog uses another handle on this site and glorifies it and says it's a different person

ALL AROUND ME
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eris says

I'm curious as to wtf happened


sirius is trying way too hard
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What a f*cking idiot.
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mental illness is a ploy by the government to make people with medical jobs earn money by selling drugs

do not be deluded by the government sheeple
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Actually the ad hom was all the part before that, you clown.
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damn hima ninja'd me :\
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i invited you several times to google the definition of ad hominem and you declined, so i did it for you.

and that is not what i said. what i said is relative to the argument, not you, though it involves you. i took psychology classes for the past 4 years in college. i do not claim to understand the extremely complex nature of mental illness, because i'm aware that the professional community's understanding is laughable as well.

i will attempt to spell it out one last time. you, after two years of psychology schooling in whatever capacity, cannot possibly hope to understand what you're talking about on the level you claim to. you just don't. that's not ad hominem, that's you being a university student with no experience making claims that professional psychologists and psychiatrists won't.

do you want to see ad hominem? you're ignorant, insensitive, and you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. you should shut up before you dig yourself a bigger hole. there you go.
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ad hominem means "to the person" in latin
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eris says

I'm curious as to wtf happened


Just having fun, Gary, lol.
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Did I ad hom his dumb bs about him being dumb? Hmm, lol.
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I'm curious as to wtf happened
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Should I have argued against bdog's petty bs about him still being dumb after 4 years and me learned after 2, or should my argument have sufficed in itself? Hmm. The latter, yes.
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literally every single fallacy dismisses another person's argument via whatever flawed reason

ad hom attacks the PERSON to dismiss the argument

ex. your name is incoherent therefore you are wrong on every single subject known
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I'm blatantly correct, actually. An ad hom is a logical fallacy of dismissal based on the person's standing.

That's exactly what the first example is.

The second example is just calling a spade a spade.
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the best part about this is that u arent even correct and ur being a big whiny baby for no reason



maybe this is why u got kicked out of main, u cant even get ur own arguments straight
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Why are there even mods? Did Chris need mods? No? Weird.... weird how mods are apparently needed now...
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Well, bdog? Still going to cry bs?
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hima says

go back to main u weirdo


Shut up you idiot.
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psychology is a meme major
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go back to main u weirdo