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by throwanem 3236 days ago
...said someone who resorted to ad hominem and then complained about "tone policing", because just chucking random insults at one's interlocutors qualifies as good-faith discussion, but calling out those insults as such is unreasonable. Okay.
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"Patriarchy is a model whose name alone..." is ad hominem. Tone policing ("...you're really going above and beyond with the contempt...") is ad hominem. In the sense that both shift focus to the speaker rather than the subject.

Pointing out that neither of those things are valid arguments is not ad hominem.

I haven't insulted you; pointing out that you're ignorant and inexperienced is giving you the benefit of the doubt. Those things are curable.

Personal attacks, name-calling, and flamewars will get your account banned here. Please don't post like this again.
I'll try, I guess.

Respectfully suggest you consider the root comment here with these guidelines ("name-calling") in mind.

Four days and you're still on this? Four days and this is the best you can bring?
Would you please not engage in petty spats, flamewars, or incivility on Hacker News?
Yeah, I know better. I'll bear it more firmly in mind going forward. In the meantime, sorry to've put you to the trouble.