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    9 months ago

    Asking questions highlighting some way in which it seems like someone is lying, is in no way “ad hominem.” The hominem is the one who is lying, but the focus is on the lying, not the hominem.

    (I mean, I don’t know. For all I know he was out all night and stumbled home at 5:09 and just had to get this meme up on Lemmy before he went to bed. I was just highlighting it as an unusual thing that’s a little suspect.)

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        Asking questions highlighting some way in which it seems like someone is lying, is in no way “ad hominem.” The hominem is the one who is lying, but the focus is on the lying, not the hominem.