{"id":14899,"date":"2020-09-02T11:26:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T18:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=14899"},"modified":"2020-07-31T11:44:34","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T18:44:34","slug":"words-seldom-seen-ad-hominem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=14899","title":{"rendered":"Words Seldom Seen: Ad Hominem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1048\" height=\"750\" data-attachment-id=\"14900\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=14900\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3BEE962D-FD3D-4DD6-A31E-3EDB604E6446_1_105_c.jpeg?fit=1048%2C750&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1048,750\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1379324865&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"3BEE962D-FD3D-4DD6-A31E-3EDB604E6446_1_105_c\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3BEE962D-FD3D-4DD6-A31E-3EDB604E6446_1_105_c.jpeg?fit=700%2C501&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3BEE962D-FD3D-4DD6-A31E-3EDB604E6446_1_105_c.jpeg?fit=640%2C458&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3BEE962D-FD3D-4DD6-A31E-3EDB604E6446_1_105_c.jpeg?w=1048&amp;ssl=1 1048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3BEE962D-FD3D-4DD6-A31E-3EDB604E6446_1_105_c.jpeg?resize=300%2C215&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3BEE962D-FD3D-4DD6-A31E-3EDB604E6446_1_105_c.jpeg?resize=1024%2C733&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3BEE962D-FD3D-4DD6-A31E-3EDB604E6446_1_105_c.jpeg?resize=768%2C550&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#d8600a\" class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ad Hominem<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adjective, An attack or criticism directed against a person or organization rather than the positions they hold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Example: &#8220;\u201cJust look at that face! How could anyone vote for that?\u201d is an ad hominem attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo is of a postcard from Portland OR a few years ago. I don&#8217;t think that the Federal building, that is under attack, is shown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ad Hominem Adjective, An attack or criticism directed against a person or organization rather than the positions they hold. Example: &#8220;\u201cJust look at that face! How could anyone vote for that?\u201d is an ad hominem attack. Photo is of a postcard from Portland OR a few years ago. 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