Is it just me or is the ad hominem fallacy deeply rooted in tabula rasa belief?
>>1300302
Yeah it's just you
>>1300302
Whether the person is an idiot or not from birth doesn't mean that countering an argument with an ad hominem attack is appropriate or productive.
>>1300314
Well, if I argue that you wouldn't know any better because you're a part of ethnicity X, doesn't that hold consistent with the idea of nature over nurture?
>>1300330
At the very least it's valid.
>>1300302
That's a big guy
>>1300302
How are they related?
Is it because if someone is a clean slate and entirely a product of their envionment that means they can't be to blame for faults and people like to believe this to relieve themselves of responsibility?
>>1300352
U.u.u.u
>>1300352
>Corporal Bob Roberts was overseeing the surrender of dozens of enemy soldiers during the Battle of Normandy when the 7ft 6ins German loomed into his view.
>Cpl Roberts, who stood two feet below him at 5ft 6ins, had the daunting job of frisking the German lance corporal for weapons before taking him prisoner.
>>1300334
ethnicity is nurture
unless you are a racist and believe natural ethnicity makes someone born mentally incapable of understanding
>>1300302
>SURRENDER NOW OR WE'LL SHOOT THE ANTI-AIR
>>1300302
Ad hominem fallacy is deeply rooted in not actually having an argument and being a crude retard in public debate
>>1301025
>tfw 5' 7"
>>1301025
Im 6'8
Statistically speaking there are always outliers to a group. So even if you believe one ethnicity is inferior in some way, there will always be people of that ethnicity that exceed your expectations.
So really >>1301077
Is completely correct. If you're opponent is a dumb [insert racial slur here] prove it with an argument.
