This is another example of the ad hominem fallacy fallacy, wherein any assessment of a person making an argument is judged out-of-bounds because of the existence of the ad hominem fallacy. Here is an example of an actual ad hominem fallacy:
Arguer: "Bitcoin is doomed to fail because it lacks a central banking authority."
Opponent: "That's bullcrap because you're not a trained economist."
Here is an example of the ad hominem fallacy fallacy:
Arguer: "I looked up Karl Denninger and it says he's the founder of the Tea Party."
Opponent: "Also he's a professional curmudgeon who sold an ISP once and has no economics training."
Arguer: Ad hominem!
I am not too invested in this particular thread, but the ad hominem fallacy fallacy drives me up a wall a little bit.
This is another example of the ad hominem fallacy fallacy, wherein any assessment of a person making an argument is judged out-of-bounds because of the existence of the ad hominem fallacy. Here is an example of an actual ad hominem fallacy:
Arguer: "Bitcoin is doomed to fail because it lacks a central banking authority."
Opponent: "That's bullcrap because you're not a trained economist."
Here is an example of the ad hominem fallacy fallacy:
Arguer: "I looked up Karl Denninger and it says he's the founder of the Tea Party."
Opponent: "Also he's a professional curmudgeon who sold an ISP once and has no economics training."
Arguer: Ad hominem!
I am not too invested in this particular thread, but the ad hominem fallacy fallacy drives me up a wall a little bit.