• 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    it’s an argument AND a ad hominem

    why should we pay for his prison sentence, why isn’t he paying it himself?

    like she paid her student loans?

    it’s ok for the public to pay to feed and house her son but not ok for the public to pay dor education?

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      2 months ago

      It’s an argument and an insult.

      An actual Ad hominem debate tactic implies it’s a distraction from making an actual argument by trying to discredit the person who you’re arguing against/or their source.

      • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        i love that we are in agreement during this conversation, and are getting more and more precise and correct as we go on.

        those are my favourite conversations.