You're correct that it's ad hominem--which is a perfectly good reason to distrust a *source*, but it doesn't actually make an argument against the *claim*.
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Ad hominem reason, surely...
You're correct that it's ad hominem--which is a perfectly good reason to distrust a *source*, but it doesn't actually make an argument against the *claim*.
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