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Nominate one self described left winger from here who thinks racism is important to debate a Nazi
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2019 8:20 am
by Karha of Honor
It has to think that white on others racism is a top priority in the Untited Sates.
Who should take on a self identified Nazi and do the best?
Online debate, one on one. Minimal ad hominem allowed.
Re: Nominate one self described left winger from here who thinks racism is important to debate a Nazi
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2019 9:00 am
by BridgeConsoleMasher
Minimum ad hominem = kids gloves.
Re: Nominate one self described left winger from here who thinks racism is important to debate a Nazi
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2019 11:25 am
by Karha of Honor
Re: Nominate one self described left winger from here who thinks racism is important to debate a Nazi
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2019 9:21 pm
by Darth Wedgius
Two quick points:
First, and pardon me to those who already know this, which might be all of you, but I've seen this mis-used a lot. Ad hominem as a fallacy isn't just an attack "you're stupid." Ad hominem is when a point is dodged in favor of an attack against the presenter. A simple form would be, "You're wrong because you're stupid."
In its trickier (and more common) forms there are exchanges like:
"We can't raise taxes without depressing the economy too much" being met by, "You're just greedy!" The person might be greedy or might not be, and it may or may not be possible to raise taxes without depressing the economy too much, but the one has nothing to do with the other.
My second point, I think "ad hominems" (in the meaning of just insulting each other, not as a fallacy) should be allowed if in the form of iambic pentameter. It'll add class.