Ad hominem arguments are ones that dismiss your arguments based on insults or attacks on you personally, not just being insulting while making an argument against you.

The fact that you don't know that (or can't tell the difference between them) just demonstrates your ignorance, so in this particular instance they weren't even being insulting, they were simply stating a fact.

[–] el_abuelo@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You live in ignorance and seek to maintain that ignorance in other people

Quite literally the definition of argumentum ad hominem. Attacking my character as well as my motivations, neither of which are the subject of the discussion and are only being used in a fallacious way in an attempt to cement their argument. Their follow-up just demonstrates why it's not worth the time to engage with someone who makes such fallacious bad faith arguments.

The preceding paragraphs were attacking my argument and would have made an interesting argument otherwise.

[–] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, you dumbfuck, there is no argument attached to those insults. There is nothing in their comment saying that you are wrong because of your ignorance, which is what an ad hominem argument is - we are pointing out why you are wrong, and then calling you a lentil brained moron.
This is stuff they made me learn at school over 20 years ago as a 13 year old. You should be embarrased that you can't even get the most basic fallacy right.

[–] el_abuelo@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

You okay?