Sentences with phrase «avoiding ad hominem attacks»

Most of the «rules for blogging» I have come across — like Alan Jacobs's «Rules for Deportment for Online Discourse» — focus on very basic things like avoiding ad hominem attacks and not arguing in bad faith.

And when he does criticize, Klein also reaches for compliments — teachers union boss Randi Weingarten may have been the bane of his professional life, and in Klein's view she missed the chance to be truly revolutionary, but she is «whip smart» and avoided ad hominem attacks.

Roy Hogue has asked me to avoid ad hominem attacks, and I will try to do so.

Please avoid ad hominem attacks and stick to the actual evidence.

I make a point of really trying to avoid ad hominem attacks, but this time I just can't help myself.

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I wish to respond up front to these two objections, since I know all too well the effectiveness of ad hominem attacks used to discredit a voice, avoiding debate and thus dispensing with substantive analysis of the issues.

I do enjoy a good argument, though, and try to avoid at least ad hominems (i.e. «Don't Blame Or Use Personal Attacks»).