HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 hours agoOpposition to the butchery in Gazalemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square281fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkOpposition to the butchery in Gazalemmy.worldHonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-29 hours agomessage-square281fedilink
minus-squareQuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 hours ago“She suddenly became political a few years ago by promoting the invasion of ukraine. Peak russian asset.” Is it an ad hominem when you include the rest which explains the claim made you excerpted?
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 hours agoYes. Any attacking of the messenger to deflect from the message is ad hominem. And trying to move the attention from Israeli genocide onto a tangential topic is called forum sliding.
“She suddenly became political a few years ago by promoting the invasion of ukraine. Peak russian asset.”
Is it an ad hominem when you include the rest which explains the claim made you excerpted?
Yes. Any attacking of the messenger to deflect from the message is ad hominem.
And trying to move the attention from Israeli genocide onto a tangential topic is called forum sliding.