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To: Laissez-faire capitalist; elhombrelibre; Jane Long
The term is actually ad hominem which is Latin for an argument made "toward the man" - i.e. an argument that takes the form of:

Specific person X says Y is the case.
But X is a jerk.
Therefore Y is not the case.

Surely, Lfc, you realize the irony of complaining about ad hominem arguments on a thread that is dedicated to singling out a specific person - George Soros - for abuse.

This thread is a masterclass in ad hominem reasoning from its very start.

22 posted on 04/14/2014 1:23:25 PM PDT by wideawake
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To: wideawake

You’ll have to explain irony to him too.


26 posted on 04/14/2014 1:27:26 PM PDT by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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