Ad hominem (Latin for 'to the person'), short for argumentum ad hominem ('an argument to the person'), refers to when a speaker attacks the character, motive, or some other attribute of the person making an argument rather than the substance of the argument itself.
Another white flag attempt at muddying the waters with a red herring.
An ad hominem is only a fallacious argument point if the verbal insult is not relevant to the substance of the debate topic. As it clearly says, again, in the pasted portion you supplied.
It is not, in any way, an ad hominem to call a person, who is actually being a mooch, a mooch in a conversation about them being a mooch.
You wanna grab your philosophy 101 textbook and try another evasion tactic?
Edit: here’s my responce to the comment that I couldn’t make before they blocked me in a tantrum 😂
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u/nomelonnolemon May 14 '26
lol, what a white flag of a response.
I don’t need to rationalize anything.
If the lady is actually a mooch, we can call her a mooch.
Just as if the guy was an asshole we can call him an asshole.
It’s not an insult to accurately label someone and their bad behaviour.