2020 Presidential Election

[*bfine32*]

(06-24-2020, 06:24 PM)bfine32 Wrote: It changes depending on what you're discussing and with whom. Simply observing that Biden is a doddering old fool is not a logical fallacy if I'm not disputing an argument he made.

For instance:

Biden: "bfine, I think I'll raise taxes on the middle class to pay for college for illegal immigrants"
bfine: "That makes no sense because you're a doddering old fool"

That's ad hominem fallacy  

Message board idiot (also ad hominem): "The DNC is brilliant by keeping Biden locked in his basement and silent"
bfine: "It's especially brilliant if your candidate is a doddering old fool"

That is not ad hominem fallacy.

Now let's see if you can figure out why or you can continue to show me what an expert you are in EI (possibly ad hominem but more of an appeal to the ridiculous). 

(06-25-2020, 01:33 AM)hollodero Wrote: Was that ad hominem?

Sure was and I identified it as such. It was part of the lesson.