Statement #o2 Discussion
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John: "Sally was saying that people shouldn't hunt animals or kill them for food or clothing. She also..."
Wanda: "Well, Sally is a sissy crybaby who loves animals way too much."
John: "So?"
Wanda: "That means she is wrong about that animal stuff. Also, if we weren't supposed to eat 'em, they wouldn't be made of meat."
Wanda: "Well, Sally is a sissy crybaby who loves animals way too much."
John: "So?"
Wanda: "That means she is wrong about that animal stuff. Also, if we weren't supposed to eat 'em, they wouldn't be made of meat."
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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1,499 Total Answer Attempts 48%
723 Correctly Popped Fallacies
776 Incorrectly Un/Popped


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Most Common Responses70 - Personal Attack 64 - Appeal to Ridicule 43 - Confusing Cause and Effect 42 - Poisoning the Well 39 - Ad Hominem Tu Quoque 37 - Circumstantial Ad Hominem 33 - Appeal to Spite 29 - Appeal to Belief 27 - Fallacy of Composition 27 - Biased Generalization 26 - Genetic Fallacy 26 - Appeal to the Consequences of a Belief 21 - Red Herring 21 - Appeal to Emotion 20 - Begging the Question 20 - Ignoring a Common Cause 20 - False Dilemma 19 - Hasty Generalization 19 - Guilt by Association 16 - Slippery Slope 16 - Relativist Fallacy 13 - Appeal to Common Practice 13 - Misleading Vividness 13 - Gambler's Fallacy 12 - Middle Ground 11 - Post Hoc 11 - Burden of Proof 10 - Appeal to Popularity 10 - Fallacy of Division 10 - Appeal to Tradition 9 - Appeal to Authority 9 - Special Pleading 7 - Peer Pressure 4 - Appeal to Fear 4 - Appeal to Pity 3 - Appeal to Novelty 2 - Appeal to Flattery |
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