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Eiwoh2:

Can someone give me a good example of ad hominem?

Allison:

Um an argument?

tigerlover:

Practically when another company suggests their product over someone else and makes it seem as theirs is better then the other brand. Practically like an argument.

Eiwoh2:

Yeah, but a sentence example, maybe. I'm kinda confused at this topic. ^^;

tigerlover:

Oh. Im not sure how to explain it like that ^^;

tigerlover:

Oh, I know. Practically like McDonalds saying their fries are better then BurgerKings.

tigerlover:

Thats the best I came up with ^^;

Eiwoh2:

XD Nice. I'll paraphrase that as much as I can. XD

tigerlover:

Sorry I couldn't come up with something better XD ^^;

Vocaloid:

An ad hominem is an attack in an individual"s personal beliefs rather than the issue at hand Example: "he's only saying that because he's ______ insert demographic or ideology here)

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