ad hominem

How To Use ad hominem In A Sentence

• My fellow citizens is an apostrophe, a formal address to an audience, whose distance has been shortened by the insertion of the ad hominem term fellow—that is, an ingratiating suggestion to his audience that they start out on his side. BREAKFAST WITH SOCRATES
• Ad hominem slanders are fine when directed at former comrades.
• He will spark of such an argument via the use of ad hominem attacks (i.e. 'you're nothing but a fanboy' is a popular phrase) (or in this case repeated accusations that those contributing are "embittered feminists") with no substance or relevance to back them up as well as straw man arguments (i.e. continual redefining of what the discussion is actually about), which he uses to simply avoid addressing the essence of the issue. Sex and the single Marvel super heroine | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment
• I have tried sarcasm, pathos, statistics, rude and crass personal ad hominem attacks, but they don't see.", he said to himself as he rose over the esker and spotted the village as dusk creeped forward. "Americans Like Big Government: They just don't really know it yet."
• Otherwise, you can keep your bloviated passion to yourself and we won't have to worry about ad hominem bullshit posing as an argument. Obama Administration Punts On Don't Ask, Don't Tell
• This conversation started off ad hominem: I'm "solipsistic," misguided, I'm politically motivated, I'm ignorant of the basic facts and of the "meaning" of the text. Whether true or not
• Pointing out that you wrote out sentences that are literally impossible to decipher is not an ad hominem. The Volokh Conspiracy » It’s Not the Crime, It’s the Cover-Up — Sestak Edition
• Meanwhile, I await your examples of innuendo, ad hominem attacks, muckraking, uncharity and namecalling in my article.
• Various forms of generalised insult and uncivil ad hominem attack have too often been the norm, and the opportunity for factual and disciplined analysis of where Lomborg's book may be wrong is largely forgone.
• When you said you didn't apply to grad programs in philosophy because of a left wing bias, this is an ad hominem argument against those arteriosclerotic minds who believe such things. Why Not Wrestle With a Pig?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty