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RE: Why I Choose To Be Confrontational

in #contentiousness8 years ago (edited)

Hm. Nesting problem. Re: @kyriacos You keep saying ...

You didn't answer the second part of my comment above, not the first time you ignore questions you can't handle.

I have known what an ad hominem is for 35 years, thank you. Saying "you're a dumbass" or "go to bed", especially, but not solely, without referring to a specific argument is an ad hominem, because it is "attacking the character, motive, or other attribute of the person making the argument, rather than attacking the substance of the argument itself". (Look it up if you have to.)

Now that you have learned what an ad hominem is: ad hominems come in many guises, because of what they imply. Even if you (incorrectly) classify them as personal attacks rather than ad hominems, they have no place in an adult discussion. Here are the quotes you requested:
"go to bed."
"intellectual dishonesty at its best yet from another "murica" man"
"sigh. pathetic human beings..."
"i have no respect for people who are this ignorant"
"Seriously now. Open a book" (Hilarious, for the people that know me.)
More recently: "you had your mind crafted from western based propaganda." (Also hilarious)

Not exactly ad rem remarks, wouldn't you agree? (Look it up if you have to.)

Nowhere do I say getting likes means I'm correct. Some stupidity, however, also marches alone and doesn't accept criticism from outside the comfortable bubble of arrogance, not even to improve their own argument. That is not only intellectually dishonest, it is also sad, because at some point, only the sycophants will respond to your posts, the rest will just shrug and remember Schiller's words: "Gegen Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens". Ad hominem intended.

You can either use my input to improve your reasoning skills or go Cartman again and sulk until the "I am always right" feeling kicks back in. Either way, I will keep reading your postings. Enough said.