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ixid t1_jad0hb4 wrote

Reply to comment by slantedangle in Students can quote ChatGPT in essays as long as they do not pass the work off as their own, international qualification body says by Parking_Attitude_519

It's not an ad hominem, it's an insult, dummy. Check what ad hominem means.

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slantedangle t1_jae3fp3 wrote

You can certainly use insults to deliver an ad hominen, there are others, such as attacking character or reputation or with motive. Ad hominen is used to describe a strategy in which a person using it will focus on the person making an argument rather than the content of the argument.

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ixid t1_jaed3j7 wrote

ad hominem: you're wrong because you're a dick.

Insult: you're a dick.

I was doing the second of those because of your extremely condescending tone.

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