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		graemep 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dark Mirror Ideologies Saying an argument is false because some of the people putting it forward have bad motives is absolutely an ad-hominem.

mcv 4 months ago [–]

Not when the argument is that they have bad motives. Then it's simply evidence supporting the argument.

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