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Re:How (not) to forecast an election: Analysis via a hierarc... by icebraining on Sunday November 27, 2016 @01:48PM (#13050638)
Ad hominem is a fallacy when evaluating an argument. When you're evaluating a person (as a candidate), arguments are necessarily ad hominem, whether they're about temperament or conduct.
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Re:How (not) to forecast an election: Analysis via a hierarc... by kobeya on Sunday November 27, 2016 @02:55PM (#13051074)
As someone who thinks elections should be decoded by positions on policy not moral character or temperment, I disagree.
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Re:How (not) to forecast an election: Analysis via a hierarc... by icebraining on Sunday November 27, 2016 @04:53PM (#13051772)
You may disagree with the metric, but that doesn't make it a fallacy, just a difference of opinion.
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Re:How (not) to forecast an election: Analysis via a hierarc... by kobeya on Sunday November 27, 2016 @09:48PM (#13053065)
I didn't use the word fallacy. You did.
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