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:::::::Liberal is not an ad hominem, it's a statement of your political views (whether accurate or not), which is completely valid to make in a political arena such as this. Calling someone sarcastic, or making sarcastic remarks about how they live is certainly ad hominem. My two cents--[[User:TruthOfChrist|TruthOfChrist]] 09:27, 19 November 2008 (EST)
 
:::::::Liberal is not an ad hominem, it's a statement of your political views (whether accurate or not), which is completely valid to make in a political arena such as this. Calling someone sarcastic, or making sarcastic remarks about how they live is certainly ad hominem. My two cents--[[User:TruthOfChrist|TruthOfChrist]] 09:27, 19 November 2008 (EST)
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:::::::: "Liberal" ''is'' an ''ad hominem'', for two reasons:
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::::::::* "''ad hominem''" refers to an argument about the ''person'' rather than about the ''issue''.  So even if it is accurate and descriptive, it's still about the ''person'' rather than the ''issue''.
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::::::::* An '''''abusive''' ad hominem'' is when you say something ''nasty'' about the person.  If "liberal" is an accurate description, or even if it's not but it's said in the reasonable belief that it is, then it's not an '''''abusive''' ad hominem''.  But when it's said without any grounds other than disagreeing with a single point of view, then I'd classify as abusive.
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:::::::: [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 20:16, 19 November 2008 (EST)
    
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