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Personal Attack
AKA Ad Hominem Abusive Category: Fallacies of Relevance (Red Herrings) → Ad hominems (Genetic Fallacies) A personal attack is committed when a person substitutes abusive remarks for evidence when attacking another person's claim or claims. This line of "reasoning" is fallacious because the attack is directed at the person making the claim and not the claim itself. The truth value of a claim is independent of the person making the claim. After all, no matter how repugnant an individual might be, he or she can still make true claims. Not all ad Hominems are fallacious. In some cases, an individual's characteristics can have a bearing on the question of the veracity of her claims. For example, if someone is shown to be a pathological liar, then what he says can be considered to be unreliable. However, such attacks are weak, since even pathological liars might speak the truth on occasion. In general, it is best to focus one’s attention on the content of the claim and not on who made the claim. It is the content that determines the truth of the claim and not the characteristics of the person making the claim. 
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1,241 Total Answer Attempts 67%
830 Correctly Popped Fallacies
411 Incorrectly Un/Popped
Most Common Responses49 - Ad Hominem 38 - Appeal to Ridicule 37 - Ad Hominem Tu Quoque 35 - Circumstantial Ad Hominem 25 - Biased Generalization 24 - Poisoning the Well 22 - Appeal to the Consequences of a Belief 19 - Genetic Fallacy 18 - Appeal to Spite 17 - Guilt by Association 14 - Red Herring 13 - Burden of Proof 13 - Appeal to Belief 10 - Special Pleading 8 - Relativist Fallacy 7 - Misleading Vividness 7 - Hasty Generalization 6 - Peer Pressure 5 - False Dilemma 5 - Ignoring a Common Cause 5 - Fallacy of Division 4 - Fallacy of Composition 3 - Appeal to Popularity 3 - Post Hoc 3 - Begging the Question 3 - Appeal to Pity 3 - Slippery Slope 2 - Confusing Cause and Effect 2 - Gambler's Fallacy 2 - Appeal to Novelty 2 - Appeal to Fear 2 - Appeal to Emotion 2 - Middle Ground 2 - Appeal to Common Practice 1 - Appeal to Authority |
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