What of ipse dixit?

@waitingforgodo Wasn’t he a new romantic who dressed up as a highwayman?

@Marionville no you're thinking of the Hairpin triplets Dick, Bent and Adamant.

@waitingforgodo Listen….I like my post better because Adamantski aka Dick Turpin is a whole lot better on the eyes than his boss-eyed Uncle Ben… believe me!

@Marionville
I remember the 80s...sort of...lol

@waitingforgodo
Ipse dixit...it's another fallacy, yes, but how does it apply to the case of Cop'n Feels?

Thanks for bringing it up...I did not know the Latin

Obviously, a person could have a strong argument, and still engage in an ad hominem attack. That seems fairly obvious to me.

@AlasBabylon
Tru dat

Exactly I Agee. I have noticed this hypocrite do this on numerous occasions while never addressing the topic .

Then you should block him, and any other bully/troll. I personally have fun with bully/troll.

@Trajan61 correct .Being insulted by these idiots is actually a Complement.

I am not attacking him. I am saying that I find his behavior completely unacceptable and believe they we need to let him know that. If you cannot see the difference between objecting to a behavior and attacking the person, you have a problem in reasoning.

If someone is being a bully to you, then block them.

Generally I feel the same way as you do, but from the opposite end of the political spectrum. I'll add that many people think using the word "ignorant" is insulting, when it merely infers that party does not know.

I also think there are many people here who look for reasons to take offense.

Your presumption that those who do not agree with you are "cretins" probably invites hostilities.

@Alienbeing

I concur. It was the only ad hominem I was going to allow,myself today. We agree on very little politically. But at least you defend and don't deflect.

Kindly tell us how you can ascertain how anyone has "low self esteem" on this or any other Web site.

@Alienbeing , thanks for asking. Copied from the original post.
We have a number of people on this site, like Captain_Feelgood, who persist in attacking people with whom they disagree by simply attacking the person, not the topic of disagreement or the behavior shown.

Disagreement when discussing a topic is normal. Some people do not accept the disagreement of their argument, they always want to be right and they get angry and attack. Perhaps because of low self-esteem, pride, arrogance, stubbornness, or enjoyment of being a bully.
I just want to clarify that this is my point of view of seeing people who attack when there is a disagreement in the discussion of an issue.

@Cecilia2018 Thank YOU for proving you can't detect low self-esteem by simply reading a reply As YOU said in your reply "Perhaps because of low self-esteem, pride, arrogance, stubbornness, or enjoyment of being a bully."

I'll add another reason, perhaps it is because of frustration. I'm sure there are many more reasons.

@Alienbeing She didn't say "A reply". It may be difficult to ascertain whether a person has low self-esteem from a single reply. But if one reads three, four, five or more posts of comments, it could begin to seem that way.

@Alienbeing , you're welcome but I'm not trying to prove you anything o trying to convince someone. This is my point of view and your disagreement is accepted with respect . Have a great USA independence Day.

@AlasBabylon, Cecilia2018 "It could seem that way". To who? To almost all of the people on this site who have no psychological training at all?

In many States it is illegal for an MD to make a diagnosis without first seeing the patient. The is a good reason for that.You and Cecilia seem to think you can or do possess extra sensory powers. My point is no one can do that with the slightest degree of accuracy and it is nothing short of pompus to think you can, or maybe more correctly put your view is prejudice.

@Cecilia2018 Thanks again. You admit your "low self esteem" comment was merely your point of view, and apparently with no back up or reason.

You are certainly entitled to your point of view, but one wonders how you reach that point.

@Alienbeing , Thanks
Ok. Let me use the word bully. Why can someone who is having a discussion of a topic with others attack when disagreement show up? Why the need of attacking? Because it feels good or enjoying being a bully. So, there are a lot of reasons why bully. For example, insecurities and feeling powerless it sounds like low self-esteem.

@Alienbeing , thanks

@Cecilia2018 Bully is a much better description, although that may not actually be the case.

Why not just take it for what it is, i.e. someone who couldn't come up with a better argument?

@Alienbeing , Well it was a good talk with you. I'll let you go.

They don't debate. They simply attack. That is the only thing that they are capable of doing.

(Okay okay, I am expressing a different opinion )

Had this happen to me a few times, just report them if they violate standards

Should wordywalt be reported for continuing to bully members that he seems to disagree with by correcting their grammar, spelling etc ?

@nonbeliever1 I think he should.

@nonbeliever1 wordywalt doesn't both me. Just ask him questions and watch him not answer them.

Oh, I have read them on several threads, he is Not being a snowflake, but this is stooping Below their level IMO

@AnneWimsey I've certainly seen uncalled for insults myself. However I have also seen people who seemingly look for reasons to be offended.

What if you throw shit? (Apart from emulating a chimpanzee, that is.)

@anglophone
Beware of blowback

@Flyingsaucesir Would that be an inverted fart?

Like that one.

I'll see your fallacious Latin, and raise you fallacious Greek.

@anglophone a big swinging formal fallacy raising farrago of fracas is fraught with silly syllogism.