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by myridium 1641 days ago
I didn't commit an ad hominem fallacy. I did not say that her blog is invalid because of her character. I was just commenting on her character (actually more so on her work tbh).

i.e. an insult is not an ad hominem. This is an ad hominem: "Your argument is wrong because <insult to character>." This is not an ad hominem: "<insult to character. Particularly an insult that they often wrong>"