Suryc11 comments on Open Thread, April 27-May 4, 2014 - Less Wrong

0 Post author: NancyLebovitz 27 April 2014 08:34PM

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Comment author: V_V 30 April 2014 11:39:50AM 7 points [-]

I'd always thought that using 'privilege' arguments was the plain and simple ad hominem fallacy.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 30 April 2014 02:59:57PM 9 points [-]

To the extent that privilege claims are about ignorance, I think they're likely to have a point. To the extent that they're a claim that some people are guaranteed to be wrong, they're ad hominem.

Comment author: Suryc11 30 April 2014 04:54:46PM 0 points [-]

Agreed, that's a great way of putting it.