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I shall not make an argument ad hominem. My argument is ad bullshitem. -- Richard Dawkins
...associational ad hominem attacks remain the left's favorite rhetorical strategy for undermining opponents. -- Jonah Goldberg
Political correctness will die as it lived - kicking and screaming ad hominem abuse as a substitute for arguments. -- Wendy McElroy
I love insults, devastating takedowns, things that could be described by Twitter hacks as 'shots fired,' and funny ad hominem attacks. -- Alex Pareene
An ad hominem attack against an individual, not against an idea, is highly flattering. It indicates that the person does not have anything intelligent to say about your message. -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
One of the many drawbacks of this "I teach what I am" approach is that it stifles classroom discussion. Any disagreement with the professor's expertise comes off as an ad hominem attack. -- Maureen Corrigan
The world I want to live in is a world where everybody is a bit more uncertain about their arguments and is a bit more open to other people's arguments. I think that we can engage ideas without ad hominem attacks. -- Adam Davidson
If people are going to do post-publication peer review, they need to abide by the same rules as they abide by for pre-publication peer review: not being ad hominem, being respectful, giving the author a chance to respond in a reasonable way. -- Susan Fiske
I've never been in a 'Twitter fight,' though I've witnessed my fair share. I do enjoy vigorous and informed debate, but the benefit is lost when the exchange becomes a series of petty ad hominem attacks. I don't see much value in it. -- James G. Stavridis
We all resort to the ad hominem from time to time: in human affairs, it is difficult to avoid it, and probably not desirable. After all, our opponents are human. The proper use of an ad hominem argument, however, still requires evidence to back it up. -- Theodore Dalrymple

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