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by me_me_me 2486 days ago
I don't remember name for this logical fallacy but I can think of a simple way of demonstrating, by rephrasing your comment.

Vaccines don't cause autism by Dr. XYZ >Written by 'XYZ', a long time 'Vaccines Support' party member that has always been very pro-vaccines. So of course he thinks 'Vaccines don't cause autism', because it goes against his long held belief that the 'Vaccines don't cause autism'.

Just because someone has been in a 'idea camp', it doesn't automatically disqualifies their arguments.

I don't really care about the topic, but this type of comment is my pet peeve.

Attack ideas not people.

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Circumstantial ad hominem fallacy perhaps?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem#Circumstantial

seems like a right fit