Homina.That word reminds me of The Honeymooners because Ralph Kramden used to say it a lot.
It also reminds me of the next form of bad reasoning.
So, sit back and enjoy Lesson 2 of Fallacy Academy.
The "Ad Hominem" attack.
"Argumentum ad hominem" literally means "argument against the person". Thank you, Wikipedia.
An ad hominem argument is attacking a person's character or motives for believing something, rather than to disprove his argument. Instead of attacking the message, you attack the messenger.
Here's a made up example:
Person 1: You can't believe little Bobby when he says that Michael W. Smith is the greatest singer ever.
Person 2: Why's that?
Person 1: Because little Bobby was homeschooled.
Okay, maybe that was a bad example. But the reasoning is also bad...it's an ad hominem argument.
I challenge you to give me a better example.
2 comments:
How's this:
Jeff: Abortion is wrong because it kills babies.
Luke: Well you just hate minorities and the poor, you bigot!
Excellent, Mr. Cox.
You get an A+!!!
And, I get an A+ on verification activation, did you notice?
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