Quit Picking on the Republicans

Cliffy

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Tecumsehsbones

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An ad hominen would be saying you are brain dead... Oh, you are.
If saying the truth about those people is ad hominen, then all your posts about Obama would be too, ye meat head.
Wrong. Argumentum ad hominem is irrespective of the truth of the statement. It is attempting to divert attention from the statement by attacking the speaker, rather than addressing the statement. Whether or not the irrelevant attack on the speaker is true makes no difference.
 

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An ad hominen would be saying you are brain dead... Oh, you are.
If saying the truth about those people is ad hominen, then all your posts about Obama would be too, ye meat head.
Ad hominem is a poor argument.
 

Cliffy

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Wrong. Argumentum ad hominem is irrespective of the truth of the statement. It is attempting to divert attention from the statement by attacking the speaker, rather than addressing the statement. Whether or not the irrelevant attack on the speaker is true makes no difference.
So the post was not an ad hominem. It addresses the thread completely.



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Avro52

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Lol.... FBI served warrant on GOP Senator Richard Burr tonight regarding coronavirus-related stock sales investigation. They seized his cell phone.