this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2024
-16 points (38.9% liked)

Political Memes

5453 readers
2920 users here now

Welcome to politcal memes!

These are our rules:

Be civilJokes are okay, but don’t intentionally harass or disturb any member of our community. Sexism, racism and bigotry are not allowed. Good faith argumentation only. No posts discouraging people to vote or shaming people for voting.

No misinformationDon’t post any intentional misinformation. When asked by mods, provide sources for any claims you make.

Posts should be memesRandom pictures do not qualify as memes. Relevance to politics is required.

No bots, spam or self-promotionFollow instance rules, ask for your bot to be allowed on this community.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social -3 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Asking questions highlighting some way in which it seems like someone is lying, is in no way "ad hominem." The hominem is the one who is lying, but the focus is on the lying, not the hominem.

(I mean, I don't know. For all I know he was out all night and stumbled home at 5:09 and just had to get this meme up on Lemmy before he went to bed. I was just highlighting it as an unusual thing that's a little suspect.)

[–] bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social -3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

you are attacking the speaker rather than what they are saying

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 7 points 9 months ago

Asking questions highlighting some way in which it seems like someone is lying, is in no way "ad hominem." The hominem is the one who is lying, but the focus is on the lying, not the hominem.