Ad hominem fallacies become a personal attack because it is not irrelevant to the argument someone is making. A parent telling their young teen not to smoke when they themselves smoke likely isn't an ad hominem in the first place.
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Respectfully, I think the article’s examples are not even “ad hominem”. They just point out illogical inconsistencies. I.e, “you are asking me to believe / do something you don’t believe / do.” That is a statement of fact, not ad hominem.
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It's a version of what's called circumstancial ad hominem.
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I think your thesis is misguided. Your idea relies more on the imperfection of authority and less on the "goodness" of ad hominem -- given you've already shown how it can be used to support childhood smoking and ignore sexual assault stories. Seems highly problematic.
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