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by textgel 2193 days ago
And at last you've taken my advice

> Using a kafkatrap against an opponent you can't beat in debate when they have just pointed out the tactic is probably ill advised; perhaps try something else; Ad hominem or motte and bailey for example.

Allow my to quote from one your trusted sources: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/academic_writing/...

> Ad hominem: This is an attack on the character of a person rather than his or her opinions or arguments.

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Feel free to provide me wrong by showing a non-libertarian source that takes this term seriously.
Appeal to authority (points for variety at least) is a logical fallacy that I literally pointed out earlier.
You really don't understand how logical fallacies work at all, do you.
Well I must admit I haven't had as much practice at them as you have.