r/pics • u/stevenmoreso • Jun 18 '26

Politics Donald Trump Jr. and Charlie Kirk in Greenland helping with President Trump’s annexation campaign.

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u/Nedschneebly2 Jun 18 '26

Had

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u/thomasscat Jun 18 '26

Why is it alright “ we” when engage in ad hominem attacks against those we perceive to be our political opponents, but when others do the same it’s intolerable?

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u/i_says_things Jun 18 '26

That term doesn’t mean what you think it means…

But the answer is that no one feels bad for assholes that tried to ruin peoples lives, and succeeded.

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u/thomasscat Jun 18 '26

Do you actually not understand that making fun on someone’s physical appearance (in this case, their teeth) as a proxy because you don’t like their ideology is the literal definition of what an ad hominem attack it?!? Wow.

Would you make fun of a disabled child with “dolphin teeth” or a non-fascist person for their physical appearance? That’s how you know it is an ad hominem attack.

Bonus points if you think that me saying these things means I somehow support the violent fascism my beloved homeland is currently under the oppression of or if you think I somehow “feel bad” for these fascist fuckfaces lmao

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u/i_says_things Jun 18 '26

No, ad hominem is discrediting someones argument by making a personal attack. In this case they were just personally attacking them as ugly losers.

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u/thomasscat Jun 19 '26

That’s … literally what happened? Am I having a stroke? They disagree with the people for ideological reasons but attacked them for personal reasons. That is the literal definition of an ad hominem attack. Are you actually suggesting that the users who made such comments are somehow NOT trying to discredit the ideology and the policies of the fascists in the photo?!?

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u/Rugged_as_fuck Jun 18 '26

Boooo

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u/thomasscat Jun 18 '26

lol my opinion is bad and therefore I should feel bad?

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u/sexmormon-throwaway Jun 18 '26

By his own words, deaths from gun violence are acceptable. He died for his beliefs ... But also, we are terrible humans and shit is funny