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Bill: "I believe that abortion is morally wrong."
Dave: "Of course you would say that, you're a priest."
Bill: "What about the arguments I gave to support my position?"
Dave: "Those don't count. Like I said, you're a priest, so you have to say that abortion is wrong. Further, you are just a lackey to the Pope, so I can't believe what you say."
Dave: "Of course you would say that, you're a priest."
Bill: "What about the arguments I gave to support my position?"
Dave: "Those don't count. Like I said, you're a priest, so you have to say that abortion is wrong. Further, you are just a lackey to the Pope, so I can't believe what you say."
Ad Hominem
AKA Ad Hominem Abusive, Personal Attack Category: Fallacies of Relevance (Red Herrings) → Ad hominems (Genetic Fallacies) Translated from Latin to English, "ad Hominem" means "against the man" or "against the person." An ad Hominem is a general category of fallacies in which a claim or argument is rejected on the basis of some irrelevant fact about the author of or the person presenting the claim or argument. Typically, this fallacy involves two steps. First, an attack against the character of person making the claim, her circumstances, or her actions is made (or the character, circumstances, or actions of the person reporting the claim). Second, this attack is taken to be evidence against the claim or argument the person in question is making (or presenting). This type of "argument" has the following form:
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1,351 Total Answer Attempts 50%
669 Correctly Popped Fallacies
682 Incorrectly Un/Popped


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Most Common Responses88 - Guilt by Association 55 - Circumstantial Ad Hominem 47 - Ad Hominem Tu Quoque 45 - Biased Generalization 40 - Personal Attack 39 - Appeal to the Consequences of a Belief 29 - Appeal to Ridicule 27 - Hasty Generalization 26 - Poisoning the Well 23 - Appeal to Spite 22 - Genetic Fallacy 21 - Appeal to Belief 19 - Appeal to Common Practice 17 - Red Herring 17 - Fallacy of Division 17 - Relativist Fallacy 15 - Appeal to Tradition 15 - Appeal to Authority 12 - Fallacy of Composition 10 - False Dilemma 10 - Confusing Cause and Effect 9 - Burden of Proof 9 - Appeal to Popularity 9 - Begging the Question 8 - Post Hoc 7 - Ignoring a Common Cause 7 - Slippery Slope 6 - Special Pleading 5 - Appeal to Flattery 5 - Middle Ground 5 - Misleading Vividness 4 - Appeal to Fear 4 - Peer Pressure 4 - Appeal to Pity 3 - Appeal to Emotion 3 - Appeal to Novelty |
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Circumstantial Ad Hominem
I thought the answer was circumstantial ad hominem, because he happens to be a priest, his arguments are wrong.
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