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		izacus on Sept 24, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Epic, Spotify, and Tinder form advocacy group to p... Attacking a companny/person behind an argument for unrelated issues is a definition of "ad hominem".

singularity2001 on Sept 24, 2020 [–]

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roblabla on Sept 24, 2020 | [–]

They're the messenger. The idea behind an ad hominem is to attack the messenger instead of the message - whether the messenger is a human or corporation doesn't really matter. Who's behind the argument doesn't matter, if the argument is solid.

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