The Cruise attack, on the other hand, exemplifies «poisoning the well,» another brand of ad hominem attacks in which the character assault is launched before the listener has a chance to form his or her own opinion on a subject — in this case, Cruise's film. (scientificamerican.com)
A funny thing has happened in climate science to scientific inquiry: the usual ethics of free discussion and fact - based criticism have been discarded in favor of ad hominem attacks on critics of AGW theory. (climate-skeptic.com)
Like before the use of ad hominem fallacies continue to demonstrate how pathetic these people are at rational debate. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)