“I hate (let’s say, the color blue) because my toxic ex likes it and therefore because they’re a bad person, everyone who likes blue is a bad person and should die!”

  • bleistift2@sopuli.xyz
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    6 hours ago

    That’s an argument ad hominem. That bad person endorses this thing, therefore that thing must be bad.

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      5 hours ago

      “Ad Hominem” just means you are insulting the person rather than addressing their argument. Like, calling someone stupid, instead of explaining why what they’re saying is stupid.