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Examples
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That’s why ad hominim is probably the most boring type of argument in the blogosphere.
Matthew Yglesias » Rich Lawyers Boosting Traffic Jams and Calling It Charity 2009
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Attacking Sidley Austin for representing the opponents to the plan is an example of the worst form of ad hominim.
Matthew Yglesias » Rich Lawyers Boosting Traffic Jams and Calling It Charity 2009
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Just to get back on topic, yes, that piece from Carl is an excellent summary as to what we ought to see with regards to the “shape” of the hominim family tree across the period from approximately 3.5 to 1.8 million years ago.
Australopithecus sediba and the creationist response - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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This is clearly an emotional issue for everyone, and the more gay marriage proponents vilify those in the 52% majority that voted for Prop 8 with ad hominim attacks, the more damage you do to the gay marriage cause.
Split Goddamn It Decision Lisa Hirsch 2009
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His ad hominim attacks aside, he just gets really tedious.
The Democrats and Rush Limbaugh: An intriguing symbiosis. Ann Althouse 2009
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The left would respond with ad hominim sneering even if Jindal were the Republican equivalent of JFK.
There's an awful lot of instinctive revulsion toward Bobby Jindal. Ann Althouse 2009
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I think that if you take a step back and actually communicate with some of us in here rather than simply posting ad hominim attacks which also happen to be gross generalizations, you would determine that you have a lot of allies here.
Think Progress » Will Bush Cut the Deficit In Half This Year? Only In Fantasy Land… 2006
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There you go again – when you run out of intelect, you resort to ad hominim personal attacks.
Think Progress » Matalin Defends Coulter’s Attack on 9/11 Widows 2006
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Rudy Giuliani, the biggest bully the fair city of New York has ever seen (and that's saying something), came onstage and did pretty much the only thing he's good at: mocking a more honorable person through unsubstantiated ad hominim vitriol.
Pete Cenedella: Barack vs. the Bully Brigade, Part 1: Playground Politics at its Worst 2008
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Wow, EIGHT pages of comment posted to a JSF comment board...and not a single mention of the F-35, just progressively more shrill ad hominim attacks populating about seven of those pages.
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