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she isn't doing an argumentum ad-hominem, she's just insulting you, those are different things (not that it would matter as this isn't a formal debate)
"your argument is incorrect because you are a dickhead" ← ad hominem
"you are a dickhead" ← just an insult
thank you
now if only we could get people not to use "begs the question" when they mean raises the question
I used to not have this pet peeve. Then one of my coworkers mentioned it was one of his during a conversation about acquiring other people's pet peeves. And now I have the same pet peeve because I see it used all the time.
lmao ignorance is bliss i guess
[searches internet....]
noted ✍️.
i find this ratio of text to citation very amusing
I think it's good not to do real ad homs in basically any context because it's still an invalid inference, but you're also right that it's not a real ad hom.