[ExI] Open Individualism

[Jason Resch]

On Sat, Jan 6, 2024 at 5:43 PM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

>
>>> (For example, ad hominem attacks.  You questioned if someone else
>>> doesn't want it to be true, to sidestep and ignore their point.  Note that
>>> it takes more than just questioning the person to be ad hominem; see the
>>> definition at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem to see why this
>>> letter is not itself this same fallacy even if it calls your reasoning into
>>> question.)
>>>
>>
>> > "You might wish to turn this claim around."
>>
>
> Which is precisely why I showed how that that letter itself was not an ad
> hominem fallacy.  That your response consists only of parroting the first
> bit without addressing this point, in other words attempting to reflect it
> back without addressing the already-present rebuttal against said
> reflection, is further evidence of the problem.
>

So far you've accused me of arguing in bad faith, questioned my sanity,
doubted my honesty, said I need help, and compared me to religious
devotees. But its not an ad hominem when you do it.

Jason
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