no... ad hominem! for someone who is new to the critical thinking field as a formal area of study with all kinds of jargon, it's cool to find terms for stuff that makes sense!
basically it goes like this. so-and-so says "bla". someone who doesn't agree with so-and-so says they're a moron so bla can't be true. how often does this happen? and in all kinds of situations? it can go the otherway too. so-and-so says "bla". they are instead a great person, so bla must be true. how often does that happen?
the problem with this kind of reasoning is that whether or not so-and-so is a moron/genius, "bla" must be proven/disproven by logical means. maybe the moron is right for once and the genius is wrong!?
basically i guess we could look at it this way... truth is truth whatever the source.
link to wikipedia for ad hominem
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