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JoJo

Is "pulling the race card" in this situation a valid example of Ad hominem (circumstantial)?

twitter.com/GrittSauce/st. . .

To say that the reason the police officers stopped you is because they racially profiled you?
asked on Tuesday, Nov 19, 2019 09:22:04 AM by JoJo

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An 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
answered on Thursday, Nov 21, 2019 10:18:05 PM by Bryan

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