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Ceashel's avatar

Always ad hominems: i.e."unhinged drivel" instead of coherent arguments when a person don't have a good response to points that upset their world view.

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Matt H's avatar

To be clear, the ad hominem fallacy is when someone attacks the others character rather than what they are saying. In this case, I was attacking what they were saying, not their character. Examples of ad hominem are pretty much any of Donald Trump’s debates. He attacks his opponent’s character and not what they are saying.

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