Meh...show me where I claimed to have a superior grasp on knowledge.
"making assertions without supporting them does imply a diminished intellectual capacity"
Was I incorrect in seeing this as a sort of attack within a comment which put forth no other argument?
Besides, the worst you can say is that I applied the concept badly. plural claimed that I used an ad hominem in defense of myself, despite "ad hominem" translating to "against the man," and being defined as an attempt to discredit another person in lieu of putting forth an argument...you've not mentioned that.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2004-07-25 09:40 am (UTC)"making assertions without supporting them does imply a diminished intellectual capacity"
Was I incorrect in seeing this as a sort of attack within a comment which put forth no other argument?
Besides, the worst you can say is that I applied the concept badly. plural claimed that I used an ad hominem in defense of myself, despite "ad hominem" translating to "against the man," and being defined as an attempt to discredit another person in lieu of putting forth an argument...you've not mentioned that.