Ad Hominem/Quotes
Let's also stipulate (this happens to be true) that Isaac Newton had bouts of "crazy" behavior later in life -- probably due to his incautious handling of mercury during his experiments. —Vin Suprynowicz, Tortoise breeding endangers Fish & Wildlife jobs
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"When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff."
—Cicero
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"The thing I love about this is, on the internet, people make a big deal out of the distinction between calling someone names as a way of refuting their arguments, and calling someone names just as a kind of a hobby."
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"When folks start throwing around terms like "trolls" and "harassers" they better back that shit up with some examples. —Forbin on a 2016 GamesIndustry.biz article criticizing Steam's community, /v/GamerGate thread (Voat)
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When people have actual reasons for disagreeing with you, they offer those reasons without hesitation. Strangers on social media will cheerfully check your facts, your logic, and your assumptions. But when you start seeing ad hominem attacks that offer no reasons at all, that might be a sign that people in the mass hysteria bubble don’t understand what is wrong with your point of view except that it sounds more sensible than their own. |