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In what way could it be ad hominem? Where did I attack the poster? I did make an assumption of why they were arguing against it in such strong terms, but how does an assumption make for a personal insult on the author?

I realize they also brought up points about why they thought this was bad. The rest of my comment was spent replying to those points.



Sad that you don't understand how "seems to underlie your insistence" is ad hominem.

> I did make an assumption of why they were arguing against it in such strong terms

Yes, exactly.

"a personal insult"

Maybe learn what the term actually means.




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