tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19733180.post7868017061820226437..comments2024-03-24T07:56:33.811-05:00Comments on Allan R. Bevere: Quote of the Day 2008.25Allan R. Beverehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07903011101108437513noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19733180.post-82679517324917766202008-12-22T16:04:00.000-05:002008-12-22T16:04:00.000-05:00Ad Hominem Fallacy:An ad hominem argument, also kn...Ad Hominem Fallacy:<BR/><BR/>An ad hominem argument, also known as argumentum ad hominem (Latin: "argument to the man", "argument against the man") consists of replying to an argument or factual claim by attacking or appealing to a characteristic or belief of the person making the argument or claim, rather than by addressing the substance of the argument or producing evidence against the claim. The process of proving or disproving the claim is thereby subverted, and the argumentum ad hominem works to change the subject.<BR/><BR/>It is most commonly used to refer specifically to the ad hominem as abusive, sexist, racist, or argumentum ad personam, which consists of criticizing or attacking the person who proposed the argument (personal attack) in an attempt to discredit the argument. It is also used when an opponent is unable to find fault with an argument, yet for various reasons, the opponent disagrees with it. <BR/><BR/>Source: Reference.comAllan R. Beverehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07903011101108437513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19733180.post-56523876407044711962008-12-22T09:42:00.000-05:002008-12-22T09:42:00.000-05:00Krauthammer makes some good points but I think it ...Krauthammer makes some good points but I think it should be noted that he is a former Democrat who seems to have a very bitter attitude toward all Democrats. A psychiatrist by training, he had the audacity to diagnose Howard Dean as mentally ill in 2003. He has dismissed Barack Obama as a dishonorable fraud, attacked John Kerry as a demagogue who betrayed his comrades in Vietnam, and once dismissed Al Gore as having "gone off his lithium again."<BR/><BR/>In sum, my point is that Krauthammer may be right about the "sense of entitlement" charge, but his hatred of Democrats is so extreme as to undermine virtually anything he says or writes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com