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russelldjimmy • today at 12:32 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Let’s put aside the ad hominems and engage on the actual issue. You are free to disagree respectfully.


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hackyhacky • today at 12:40 PM

Can you please explain how anything in my comment could be construed as disrespectful or ad hominem? An ad hominem is "a rhetorical tactic of attacking the character, motive, or some other attribute of the person making an argument rather than the substance of the argument itself" [1], not just "a phrase that upsets me."

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem

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