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    8 months ago

    Rule 1: Attack the argument, not the person

    An ad hominem (Latin for “to the person”) is a type of informal logical fallacy. Instead of arguing against a person’s position, an ad hominem argument attacks the person’s character or actions in an effort to discredit them.

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      8 months ago

      Not an ad hominem but a colloquialism of calling out the appearance of argumentum ad ignorantiam.

      You appear to be implying the assertion that transphobes like Rowling are NOT claiming that trans people do not have a right to exist and attempting to shift the burden of proof to me. In context of Musk and Rowling, the heap of evidence is significant and your apparent assertion is the extraordinary one requiring extraordinary evidence.

      This logical fallacy is also most frequently the territory of bad faith actors.

      Now, if there was miscommunication, please do clarify as I do not wish to unfairly characterize your comments.