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Re:Peter Thiel: The Online Privacy Debate Won’t End With Gawker by nikcheerla on Monday August 15, 2016 @07:23PM (#12294317)
True, but that just points to the fact that ad hominem should not be dogmatically a logical fallacy.
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Re:Peter Thiel: The Online Privacy Debate Won’t End With Gawker by dragonwriter on Monday August 15, 2016 @07:36PM (#12294398)
> True, but that just points to the fact that ad hominem should not be dogmatically a logical fallacy.

No, it doesn't. OTOH, a logical fallacy isn't something that means that the conclusion that flows from it is wrong, or even that the fallacy doesn't provide a useful pragmatic filter given limited resources to devote to fully evaluating arguments.

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