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by tanel 4875 days ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem
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Indeed, but not quite. Ask yourself if it was my intent to counter the person's claims by attacking the person. No, that was not my intent. I never intended to counter the person's claims. I was explicitly calling the person out based on tone and style of his/her comment and others in his/her comment history.

The thought even crossed my mind while carefully drafting the above comment that I ought to preempt the accusation that I was committing this logical fallacy but I decided not to and now I wish the opposite.

Anyway, I hope you see the difference?

Pro-tip: People are going to have strong opinions here. Rebutting their message rather than the delivery ends up rebutting both.
This is not an Ad Hominem at all..