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A comment on Steve's Google Platform rant. Parent comment

Re:Steve's Google Platform rant by mbyrne on Wednesday October 12, 2011 @09:43AM (#3102876)
"Disgruntled" is a straight up ad hominem attack that doesn't address whether or not what the person says is true or not.
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Re:Steve's Google Platform rant by 0x12 on Wednesday October 12, 2011 @09:46AM (#3102888)
"grouchy, testy, sullen, grumpy, dissatisfied."

All of the above, and I really don't see the ad hominem in there. It's just a description of a state of mind with respect to another entity.

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Re:Steve's Google Platform rant by wanorris on Wednesday October 12, 2011 @01:54PM (#3103751)
But the real world usage of disgruntled is as a marker for "This person is biased against the company, so any fair-minded person should discount what they have to say."
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Re:Steve's Google Platform rant by mcantor on Thursday October 13, 2011 @12:47AM (#3106131)
Ad hominem doesn't mean "calling them a name or label that isn't true"--it means "implying that their argument is less valid because of their state of mind or perspective".
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