Re:Gawker Is Dead and Deserved to Die (2017)
by teddyh on Saturday July 17, 2021 @11:27AM
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I don't agree, but even if you were right, how is an accusation of lying still not an ad-hominem argument?
- "I think that this other person did a bad thing X."
- "You're lying, your other actions show that you don't really think X is a bad thing."
How is that an argument? The issue was originally that some other person did a bad thing X, but the second person above changed it to attack the first person making the argument, and accused the first person about lying about what they really think. Is this not an ad-hominem?
- "I think that this other person did a bad thing X."
- "You're lying, your other actions show that you don't really think X is a bad thing."
How is that an argument? The issue was originally that some other person did a bad thing X, but the second person above changed it to attack the first person making the argument, and accused the first person about lying about what they really think. Is this not an ad-hominem?