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Originally posted by broke
You are also an idiot.
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An ad hominem argument, or argumentum ad hominem (Latin, literally "argument against the man [or person]"), is a fallacy that involves replying to an argument or assertion by attempting to discredit the person offering the argument or assertion. Ad hominem is one of the best-known of the logical fallacies usually enumerated in introductory logic and critical thinking textbooks. Both the fallacy itself, and accusations of having committed it, are often brandished in actual discourse. As technique of rhetoric, despite its usual lack of subtlety, it is powerful and much-used and -abused. Anyone involved in political discourse, and public discourse generally, would do well to become acquainted with it.