Steve Spencer wrote: lightskyland wrote:
"When you do so you are using a big word, but you clearly don't know what it means."
More ad-hominem.
From Oxford English Dictionary:
"[an argument] directed against a person rather than the position they are maintaining."
"When you do so you are using a big word, but you clearly don't know what it means."
That is the ad-hominem. You are claiming that I am "incapable of", "clearly don't know" etc. which are not only ad-hominem (that is, they are targeted at me as a person) but they are also clearly wrong.
If you don't want to engage in ad-hominem, don't throw out personal insults in a discussion. That means, don't attribute malice, stupidity, ignorance, etc. to the person you are debating with. Which you have done and continue to do in this thread.
My post both then and now was about the position you were maintaining and not about you. I was first commenting about what you said and failed to acknowledge about Sony cameras. That was a critique of your position. Your failure to acknowledge the weaknesses of Sony camera is part of your position about Sony cameras. It is not an ad hominem attack. It is not an attack of you. It is an attack of the position you took or more precisely in this case the position you failed to take. I made absolutely zero personal insults. Saying you failed to acknowledge something is not a personal insult. It is a description of your position. It is not an attribution of malice stupidity or ignorance.
I did state that by your use of a word you demonstrated that you did not know what it means, but that is not in any way an attribution of malice, stupdity, or ignorance. It is simply the misuse of a word. There was not attack on you as a person, just a criticism of your arguments including the failure to recognize weaknesses in Sony's system.
Steve, you literally said, “ My post both then and now was about the position you were maintaining and not about you.”
Ad hominem literally means:
Adjective: (of an argument or reaction) directed against a person rather than the position they are maintaining.
Adverb: in a way that is directed against a person rather than the position they are maintaining.
Who is using it incorrectly?
You also literally said, “ You are using ad hominem as synonymous with a bad argument. When you do so you are using a big word, but you clearly don't know what it means. Frankly, it makes you look foolish and overreaching.” Which then you then followed on and tried to back paddle in your next post and said, “ I did state that by your use of a word you demonstrated that you did not know what it means, but that is not in any way an attribution of malice, stupdity, or ignorance. It is simply the misuse of a word. There was not attack on you as a person, just a criticism of your arguments including the failure to recognize weaknesses in Sony's system.
Foolish is synonymous with stupid. You weren’t just simply stating the misuse of a word, (ironically, you have been the one using it incorrectly), it was an attack on that individual’s intelligence.
At times you provide some good insight and counter arguments/ideas. However, most of the time your character on the forums is ad nauseam.
Thanks you for your critique. I won't address it. This is way off topic and I don't think it makes sense to make the thread about me.
Aug 08, 2020 at 03:30 PM
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