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0 pointsforgottenpass12y ago0 comments

No, actually it's not. This isn't ignoring the issue at hand and just attacking the author's character, it's attacking the authors authority on a subject matter.

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kyberias12y ago

If one focuses on personal characteristics (here skills) of the author rather than the logical construction of his argument, it is in fact ad hominem.

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