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minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·edit-24 days agoCute comic, but I’m starting to hate how people think that an insult is the same thing as an ad hominem. No. If I call you an idiot without attaching any propositions to that, it’s just an insult and not a logical fallacy.
minus-squareVincent@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-23 days agoI suppose “revolt, because the farmer is evel [sic]!” is more of an ad hominem than “revolt, because the farmer will have us all slaughtered!”
Cute comic, but I’m starting to hate how people think that an insult is the same thing as an ad hominem. No. If I call you an idiot without attaching any propositions to that, it’s just an insult and not a logical fallacy.
I suppose “revolt, because the farmer is evel [sic]!” is more of an ad hominem than “revolt, because the farmer will have us all slaughtered!”