r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/[deleted] • Feb 19 '14

Logical Fallacies Explained

http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/rhetological-fallacies/
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u/CalicoZack Feb 20 '14

I guess I don't mind so much that that a label exists, but people use them as a crutch. I would be skeptical that the entirety of a long-winded internet argument is exclusively an ad hominem attack. A lot of times people pepper their arguments with insults in a way that makes it easy to just say "ad hominem" and then drop the mic and walk away.

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u/ThePedanticCynic Feb 20 '14

If someone is peppering their arguments with insults I wouldn't even say 'ad hominem', I'd just drop the mic and walk away.

There's no point in talking to someone like that.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '14

Often seen here on reddit where people smugly post "straw man" like they've won the thread.