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		caaqil on Nov 27, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to Think for Yourself Regardless of whether the argument of the commenter is valid or not, appeal to authority isn't very compelling.

Apocryphon on Nov 27, 2020 [–]

pg boosters all seem to be forgetting that the opposite of an ad hominem is an appeal to authority.

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