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Rebel replied to the topic Receiving email notifications twice in the forum Atheist Zone 10 years, 10 months ago
If somebody mentions you like @unseen, such notifications are sent by buddypress plugin with title like some user mentioned you in an update:.
If you are subscribed to a topic, such notifications are sent by bbpress plugin with title like [Atheist Zone] topic title
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Unseen replied to the topic The outing game in the forum
To Do or not To Do 10 years, 10 months agoDavis wrote:@Unseen. So when my dog greets me and jumps up, it’s an ad hominem greeting? When I get a birthday card, it’s an ad hominem message?
If the intent is an attack, otherwise no. That’s how ad hominem has come to be used. Either as referring to a fallacy on the one hand or an attack on the other.
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Davis replied to the topic The outing game in the forum
To Do or not To Do 10 years, 10 months agoStrega wrote:
@Unseen, I get it despite the example you typed. I think it can be taken as read that you gave definitions that work for you. What is at question, is whether there exists a formal external definition, where we can all point to and agree.However, defining “ad hominem” as literally anything opposing the person means tha…
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Strega replied to the topic The outing game in the forum
To Do or not To Do 10 years, 10 months ago@Unseen. So when my dog greets me and jumps up, it’s an ad hominem greeting? When I get a birthday card, it’s an ad hominem message?
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Unseen replied to the topic The outing game in the forum
To Do or not To Do 10 years, 10 months agoStrega wrote:@Unseen, I get it despite the example you typed. I think it can be taken as read that you gave definitions that work for you. What is at question, is whether there exists a formal external definition, where we can all point to and agree.
However, defining “ad hominem” as literally anything opposing the person means that a punch on…
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Strega replied to the topic The outing game in the forum
To Do or not To Do 10 years, 10 months ago@Unseen, I get it despite the example you typed. I think it can be taken as read that you gave definitions that work for you. What is at question, is whether there exists a formal external definition, where we can all point to and agree.
However, defining “ad hominem” as literally anything opposing the person means that a punch on the nose…[Read more]
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Davis replied to the topic The outing game in the forum
To Do or not To Do 10 years, 10 months agoStrega wrote:@Unseen. None of the examples you provided point to the difference between “fallacy” and “attack” when appended to “ad hominem”
What Strega said. I personally think it would be a great idea to have two different terms (with the exact labels you gave).….but at least per all of the scouring I’ve done these terms are not commonly used…[Read more]
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Strega replied to the topic The outing game in the forum
To Do or not To Do 10 years, 10 months agoAnyway, getting the same email notification more than once happened a lot on TA. Weird that it happens here as well.
If you check the box at the bottom of your post saying ‘notify me of follow up replies by email’ you get an email every time someone posts to that thread. If someone mentions you as @Unseen then you get an email to tell you…[Read more]
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Strega replied to the topic The outing game in the forum
To Do or not To Do 10 years, 10 months ago@Unseen. None of the examples you provided point to the difference between “fallacy” and “attack” when appended to “ad hominem”
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Strega replied to the topic Fly the flag of the Confederate States of America? in the forum Politics 10 years, 10 months ago
We would have no way of knowing what the south would be like if they’d successfully seceded all those years ago. Certainly the north would also have been affected.
Thanks @Unseen for that interesting snippet of the wives revolt. It’s the first I’d heard of it.
Going back briefly to the term “war of northern aggression”, I’ve only ever heard…[Read more]
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Strega replied to the topic The outing game in the forum
To Do or not To Do 10 years, 10 months ago@Unseen. I think the point is that there is no objective definition of the difference between “attack” and “fallacy” when they are appended to the term “ad hominem”.
@Davis seems to appreciate that you have a personal definition difference, but alleges that your definitions are just that. Personal.
What would be interesting is if there were…[Read more]
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Simon Mathews replied to the topic The outing game in the forum
To Do or not To Do 10 years, 10 months ago@unseen, the two examples you gave in your reply to me were the same as mine. We seem to be in agreement.
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Simon Mathews replied to the topic The outing game in the forum
To Do or not To Do 10 years, 10 months ago@unseen, @davis. Actually, my understanding is that an ad hominem fallacy is about the person not their argument. The fallacy is that you argue against a person’s personal characteristics rather than their logic. For example if you say Dr Bob’s arguments are bad because he is a Christian that is an ad hominem fallacy. If you post that Dr Bob is a…[Read more]
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Davis replied to the topic The outing game in the forum
To Do or not To Do 10 years, 10 months ago@Unseen That is new to me unseen. As I was taught…an ad hominem fallacy is an attack. Can you direct me to a book or website which explains the difference between the fallacy and attack?
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Davis replied to the topic The outing game in the forum
To Do or not To Do 10 years, 10 months agoIt is true that there are a portion of self-hating homosexuals who believe they don’t deserve the rights that everyone else does. The only thing is…the record of outed politicians who admit that they are gay and then move on to champion gay rights is pretty high. Randy Boehning is but the most recent example.
An ad hominem attack only…[Read more]
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Kuba Adamów replied to the topic Is theism evil? in the forum Theism 10 years, 10 months ago
@DrBob, @Unseen, @Davis, @Simon—Thank you, I’m genuinely grateful for your thoughtful words. It’s a never-ending journey for me, with quite a few arrogant and not-quite-informed claims (some really ill-informed ones, sadly, too) over the years. Your responses give me hope and encourage to tweak and verify my views. My use of words and the edito…[Read more]
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BeckyL replied to the topic Is there any correlation between Atheism and gender? in the forum Atheism 10 years, 10 months ago
BeckyL wrote:
@Unseen – I wonder if maybe women seem more susceptible to “woo” because at least the woo-ish people listen to them. Maybe women are into science-y things too, but maybe science-y guys aren’t giving them a chance.But most of the woo-ish listeners are likely to be female as well.
Males live in a culture where you mak…
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Unseen replied to the topic Is there any correlation between Atheism and gender? in the forum Atheism 10 years, 10 months ago
BeckyL wrote:@Unseen – I wonder if maybe women seem more susceptible to “woo” because at least the woo-ish people listen to them. Maybe women are into science-y things too, but maybe science-y guys aren’t giving them a chance.
But most of the woo-ish listeners are likely to be female as well.
Males live in a culture where you make chances…[Read more]
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BeckyL replied to the topic Is there any correlation between Atheism and gender? in the forum Atheism 10 years, 10 months ago
I was raised in a traditional patriarchal family where my thoughts on many subjects were treated with condescension at best and mocked at worst. (For example, I asked for an erector set for Christmas one year and got a doll instead because erector sets are for boys. My parents thought it was cute that I asked for the erector set but were sure I…[Read more]
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Lars replied to the topic Pitbulls…why? in the forum Small Talk 10 years, 10 months ago
As I said, what a breed is, is a set of physical and behavioral characteristics. I’m suggesting breeding those physical and behavior characteristics out of the species canis familiaris.
Then I think we agree 🙂
@Davis most dog breeds today are, are the result of human interfering, in the breeding patterns. However I do understand y…[Read more]
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