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		JumpCrisscross on May 19, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nikola Tesla Wasn't God And Thomas Edison Wasn't T... >I don't even really care if Edison invented anything or not, because he was a douchebag This is a textbook case of argumentum ad hominem. You may not care for what he did but that doesn't change the fact that he did it.

haberman on May 20, 2012 [–]

Ad hominem would be "a douche like that could never have invented anything."

What I'm saying is "he was a douche so I don't care if he invented anything."

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