We don't all have to enjoy a glass of scotch at the end of the day together, but there's no reason
for ad hominem attacks or disrespect.
But thanks
for your ad hominem: scientist work for money, therefore they have no integrity, therefore GW is not real.
Re 42 ray ladbury > Steve, do you have a specific allegation against some of Gore's figures, or is this just another excuse
for an ad hominem attack?
You also demonstrate the usual AGW supporters» propensity
for ad hominem attacks, intemperate language, undergraduate - level insults and a desire to shut down criticism of your agenda and methods by any means possible.
Some may criticize
me for ad hominem thinking, but when you don't have reliable scientific information (which I didn't back then), what else can you rely on but your understanding of the personalities involved?
They too have noticed a tendency
for ad hominem comments to be preferred to factual rebuttal, giving the impression to an outside observer that no testable GHE hypothesis even exists.
Most of the responses, including Hugh's, completely ignore the points I tried to make and go straight
for ad hominem attacks.
@proof2006: disqus I was really hoping that you were going to clarify something, instead of just going
for ad hominem attacks about how I'm stupid for wanting a lot of storage on my phone.
They see evidence against their view, so they will a) go
for the ad hominem maybe noting the poor credentials or the funding source b) find weaknesses in the studies but, there are weaknesses in all studies c) find another study that supports their own and say hey presto....
To make NutritionFacts.org a place where people feel comfortable posting without feeling attacked, we have no tolerance
for ad hominem attacks or comments that are racist, misogynist, homophobic, vulgar, or otherwise inappropriate.
Nice how you criticized libs
for ad hominem attacks right before making one yourself.
Thank
you for an ad hominem attack.
Nice way to take things out of context
for ad hominem attacks.
As
for your ad hominems, I don't have any interest in engaging with you further.
Not exact matches
These days they often include argumentum
ad hominem attacks, such as sly references to the agencies» sterling ratings on Lehman Brothers the day before it filed
for bankruptcy, that distract from relevant discussion about the country's creditworthiness.
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.
You log into Facebook and it has happened once again: Some broad political sentiment sparks a flame - war and everyone seems to want to weigh in with a jab, meme,
ad hominem attack or (arguably worst of all) a wall of text that begs
for you to «see more.»
dalahast / AE, please cease your childish
ad hominems, and try
for a change to find the courage to reply without making personal attacks on me and others here.
That however does NOT mean that the bible is not true (An
ad hominem (Latin
for «to the man» or «to the person»), short
for argumentum
ad hominem, is an attempt to negate the truth of a claim by pointing out a negative characteristic or belief of the person supporting it)
It IS
ad hominem if you do nt give justification
for why I am an antisemetic bigot... I can assure you that I am not.
When asked
for evidence to support their assertions, they respond with either dishonest argumentation or flat out
ad hominem.
Well, ignoring your childish
ad hominem, why would you kowtow before a shallow, vain and unjust god if it were not out of fear of punishment or greed
for the afterlife?
You misquote, misrepresent, use pejorative language, name calling, personal
ad -
hominem attacks, and other behavior unfit
for Godly online dialogue.
And I do appreciate your inability to address the subject at hand, instead choosing to go
for a shallow, puerile
ad hominem — always the sign of failure in a debate.
In this lively, tightly written book
for a general audience, he teaches readers to train their «baloney detectors» on the doublethink,
ad hominems, rhetorical tricks, and logical gaps that characterize the public propaganda
for Darwinism.
This stretch is bad enough but what's worse is how Prothero's disdain
for Santorum manifests itself repeatedly throughout the piece in a petty
ad hominem like «Saint Santorum» and resurrecting the deliberating misleading conflation of Santorum's personal beliefs about birth control with his public policy stance.
ad hominem: short
for argumentum
ad hominem, is an argument made personally against an opponent instead of against their argument.
Of these, the third raises the most delicate issues
for a critic; it is here that the charge of
ad hominem argument is most likely to be raised.
Thus, as I have previously stated, this entire article exists
for the sole purpose of trying to make people think one way or the other about this man without bothering to think about the issues which he DID speak of in his life, which IS
ad hominem.
But I touched on some nerves
for you to start
ad hominem attacks like that.
He did not apologize
for launching a multi-day
ad hominem attack against a private citizen.
An
ad hominem (Latin
for «to the man»), short
for argumentum
ad hominem, is an attempt to negate the truth of a claim by pointing out a negative characteristic or unrelated belief of the person supporting it.
Argumentum
ad hominem would be if I said, «Chad's wrong about punctuated equilibrium being evidence
for god because he's just an inbred, backwoods, bible - thumpin» moron.»
you just seem to want to argue
for the sake of arguing and throwing out random «opinion» and when i ask you to clarify, you go into
ad hominem.
Other than that I noticed you started
ad hominem remarks (not like I care because it shows the level you went) when thes are not called
for.
If you're looking
for your comment and don't see it here, it's because you've violated The Lunch Tray's longstanding policy against
ad hominem, personal attacks on this blog.
It's certainly not going to be an easy ride
for Mr Farage as
ad hominem will become the order of the day.
While Spitzer argued early on in the debate that «
ad hominem attacks at this point are really not appropriate
for this campaign,» the former governor pushed Stringer on his record.
E.J.McMahon of The Empire Center, a conservative think tank, said that it is generally expected that there will be tension between a Comptroller and Governor and that it is unsurprising that Cuomo, who has a reputation
for «
ad hominem denunciation» over «the substantive argument,» is feuding with someone charged with monitoring him.
These examples illustrate classic uses of
ad hominem attacks, in which an argument is rejected, or advanced, based on a personal characteristic of an individual rather than on reasons
for or against the claim itself.
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.
But more disappointing is that Prof. Greene would end on such a low note, and would stoop to
ad hominem attacks, while claiming to argue
for the high road.
Of these, the third raises the most delicate issues
for a critic; it is here that the charge of
ad hominem argument is most likely to be raised.
This is an
ad hominem attack and as I said no one with an ounce of sense resorts to this these days, except
for idiots.
There's more in the article to debunk, such as the
ad hominem attack against rescuers, but I've addressed them before and my response is already bordering on a book (
for more information, see the links throughout).
When we pillory critics
for saying hard but true things; when our leaders who've championed inclusiveness issue (and defend) bigoted remarks; when we plod from one spiteful spat to the next, played out (performed, really) in online forums and social media with all the requisite snark and
ad hominem attacks, it's worth asking what kind of audience are we?
For those making
ad hominem attacks, that hardly proves your feeble arguments and it is also clearly against the code of conduct.
I call B * ll *** t. All of your points so far have been
ad hominem attacks on RC, and apparently you are not willing to come up with an independent though (which reflects that you actually read the back - and - forths of Mann et al), that you are willing to put up
for cross-examination.
Instead of complaining about nonexistent
ad hominem fallacies and name - calling, SA could answer the question by stating the basis
for his claim — as I requested.
I think that given no pointers to sources
for the statements I made a good assumption; not a»... and in my opinion rather snide,
ad hominem against Gavin himself.»