Is "pulling the race card" in this situation a valid example of Ad hominem (circumstantial)?
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To say that the reason the police officers stopped you is because they racially profiled you?
To say that the reason the police officers stopped you is because they racially profiled you?
Answers
1An ad hominem avoids the argument and attacks/addresses the person instead. Stopping someone isn't an argument, so no ad hom.
Also an ad hominem is a fallacy of irrelevance, and I wouldn't have thought it was irrelevant
Also an ad hominem is a fallacy of irrelevance, and I wouldn't have thought it was irrelevant
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