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Originally Posted by phillipemoren
and again a WOMAN resorts to ad hominem attacks. Listen lady I went to private school so I no how to spell. forgive me if I dont have a copy editor for all my posts.
you need to learn a thing or two about logical fallacies, kid. (and also the difference between no and know).
Is ad hominem the only fallacy you know how to cite? Do you know what it is?
So no women really want to work, eh?
"lol women never want to have an intelecctual discussion, instead they want to hang onto false beliefs that only limit their happiness"
oh reallly?
I'd ask for a refund on your tuition.
Argumentum ad hominem (argument directed at the person). This is the error of attacking the character or motives of a person who has stated an idea, rather than the idea itself. The most obvious example of this fallacy is when one debater maligns the character of another debater (e.g, "The members of the opposition are a couple of fascists!"), but this is actually not that common. A more typical manifestation of argumentum ad hominem is attacking a source of information -- for example, responding to a quotation from Richard Nixon on the subject of free trade with China by saying, "We all know Nixon was a liar and a cheat, so why should we believe anything he says?" Argumentum ad hominem also occurs when someone's arguments are discounted merely because they stand to benefit from the policy they advocate -- such as Bill Gates arguing against antitrust, rich people arguing for lower taxes, white people arguing against affirmative action, minorities arguing for affirmative action, etc. In all of these cases, the relevant question is not who makes the argument, but whether the argument is valid.