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		badman_ting on Aug 16, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “People simply empty out” > Every argument is ad hominem nowadays. Careful... http://plover.net/~bonds/adhominem.html

qu4z-2 on Aug 19, 2013 [–]

In fairness, the form

  Thomas Jefferson said that [some well reasoned argument or opinion]

  Yeah, but Thomas Jefferson was a slave owner. 
  [and thus we shouldn't consider his argument]

is pretty clearly ad hominem.

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