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Re:Tesla Master Plan Part 3 by fastball on Thursday April 06, 2023 @03:07AM (#35465175)
Ok, but is there actual evidence of Elon Musk behaving in a racist or sexist way? Because if not then this is just a generic attack on the man, not an attack on his ideas.
Re:Tesla Master Plan Part 3 by epgui on Thursday April 06, 2023 @03:19AM (#35465301)
There are allegations (probably in the form of guilt by association), vaguely suggestive tweets (or tweets that have obvious potential for misinterpretation), and things like that.

I think you could make a very good case against that comment, but "ad hominem" isn't it IMO. I'd argue {{citation needed}}, "lacks substantiation", "slightly hyperbolic", or something like that.

Re:Tesla Master Plan Part 3 by threeseed on Thursday April 06, 2023 @06:27AM (#35466493)
Just a sample from before 2022:

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/elon-musk-twitter-te...

And he has been significantly worse since acquiring Twitter.

Re:Tesla Master Plan Part 3 by simondotau on Thursday April 06, 2023 @08:16AM (#35467302)
A partisan, prejudiced listicle is the online version of the Gish Gallop.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_gallop

Re:Tesla Master Plan Part 3 by epgui on Thursday April 06, 2023 @04:08PM (#35473661)
You can say that the article is partisan, prejudiced, or even stupid, but neither the article nor the comment are a gish gallop.

Seriously people, if you're going to call out logical fallacies, make sure you don't call out the wrong thing.

Re:Tesla Master Plan Part 3 by simondotau on Thursday April 06, 2023 @05:48PM (#35475001)
Gish Gallop isn’t a logical fallacy, it is a debate tactic. Seriously people, if you’re going to call out misuse of logical fallacies, make sure it is one.
Re:Tesla Master Plan Part 3 by whatwhaaaaat on Thursday April 06, 2023 @08:16AM (#35467310)
Is anyone bothering to even click your “proof”?

Half of the list is “didn’t take covid as seriously as we think he should”.

The only potentially sexist thing on that list is calling Warren “senator karen”.

Ok so do you have proof of him being racist or sexist or not?