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<blockquote data-quote="tater" data-source="post: 3273073" data-attributes="member: 94669">Isn&#039;t there a term that defines an incorrect way of arguing over something by making personal, inflaofftopictory statements about your opposition? Oh wait, I think it&#039;s called: - Ad hominem. Latin for &quot;at the man&quot;. This is a debating tactic that attacks the arguer and not the argument. PLEASE, debate the words that people post, not your idea ABOUT the person that posts. e.g., &quot;member x is a liberal so his objections to the Iraqi war will obviously be unfounded,&quot; or ,&quot;member x is a conservative, so he is obviously a warmonger&quot;. More directly, &quot;Mr. Smith is an imbecile, therefore all of his arguments are false.&quot;Thinking you&#039;re too smart for god you baby killer you. Also a lot of this one too: - Straw man tactics. Making a caricature out of a position in order to make it easier to attack. This is when people Assume they know someone&#039;s point of view, and begin arguing a made-up construction about their opponent, rather than just debate the words of their opponent. In short, you assume that your opponent believes something that he or she did not explicitly state.Definitions courtesy of: http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?324134-A-List-of-Bad-Debating-Tactics-and-a-Recipe-for-Reasoned-Thought-ALL-READ-PLEASE!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tater, post: 3273073, member: 94669"] Isn't there a term that defines an incorrect way of arguing over something by making personal, inflaofftopictory statements about your opposition? Oh wait, I think it's called: - Ad hominem. Latin for "at the man". This is a debating tactic that attacks the arguer and not the argument. PLEASE, debate the words that people post, not your idea ABOUT the person that posts. e.g., "member x is a liberal so his objections to the Iraqi war will obviously be unfounded," or ,"member x is a conservative, so he is obviously a warmonger". More directly, "Mr. Smith is an imbecile, therefore all of his arguments are false." Thinking you're too smart for god you baby killer you. Also a lot of this one too: - Straw man tactics. Making a caricature out of a position in order to make it easier to attack. This is when people Assume they know someone's point of view, and begin arguing a made-up construction about their opponent, rather than just debate the words of their opponent. In short, you assume that your opponent believes something that he or she did not explicitly state. Definitions courtesy of: http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?324134-A-List-of-Bad-Debating-Tactics-and-a-Recipe-for-Reasoned-Thought-ALL-READ-PLEASE! [/QUOTE]

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