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by dabbernaught420 2173 days ago
I'm talking about situations where no fallacy has actually occurred, not situations where a fallacy has occurred but a correct conclusion has been arrived at anyway.
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That’d be a form of equivocation: the accuser is using an incorrect definition of the fallacy, instead of the true one.
I see what you mean. Just because you’re saying a person has a bad history doesn’t mean your committing an “ad hominem”. That seems different.