When someone replies to a statement you made by calling you names, they're implicitly saying that's it's true. Otherwise they could have shown why you were wrong.
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Again with the blanket ad hominem argument. Two ad hominems don't make a right. I expect better from you.
Ad hominem means when you attack an argument based on the qualities of the person making it (e.g. "Of course a Catholic would say that."). Dismissing a class of statements could be mistaken, but it is not an argument ad hominem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem
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Clearly it's not ipso facto wrong to dismiss classes of statements. Anyone who describes a logical fallacy implicitly does this.
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If someone calls you a name, that's an ad hominem. It really has nothing to do with the truth of their argument. You dismissing such arguments on account of the impoliteness of the other person is an ad hominem rebuttal.
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