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> True, but that just points to the fact that ad hominem should not be dogmatically a logical fallacy.

No, it doesn't. OTOH, a logical fallacy isn't something that means that the conclusion that flows from it is wrong, or even that the fallacy doesn't provide a useful pragmatic filter given limited resources to devote to fully evaluating arguments.




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