Gene Roddenberry's #1 Fan's Vulcan Logic Course Episode 1: The Personal Attack Fallacy

Hello, this is Gene Roddenberry's #1 Fan for the first post in my excellent Vulcan Logic Course about the various types of logical fallacies used by Halo goons to defend the Halo Empire against rational criticism.  The topic of this post will have to be the Personal Attack Fallacy (Argumentum ad Hominem) because it is the Halo goons' all-tine number one favorite logical fallacy to use when faced with criticism of their beloved "game of the year" Halo.

Ad Hominem is a family of logical fallacies that involve personal attacks against their opponent and without addressing even a single point that their opponent has made.  This is fallacious because personal attacks against one's opponent do not constitute addressing their actual points.  This particular type of logical fallacy is so popular with Halo goons since they just about have no good arguments of their own and are desperate to promote their sick cause.

Ad Hominem Abusive

Definition: The second arguer heaps verbal attacks such as name-calling and profanity upon the first arguer without addressing their points.

Sample: "Halo is the Game of the Year and Star Fox yiffs.  I don't care what you have to say you Star Trek nerd, go play your fruity tendo games for all I care!"

Proof: The Halo goon heaped verbal attacks upon their opponent and as you can notice they did not address even a single point made by their opponent.

Ad Hominem Circumstantial

Definition: The second arguer attacks the circumstances of the first arguer without addressing their points.

Sample: "Of course you don't like Halo because you are a wussy furvert."

Proof: The Halo goon was attacking the fact that their opponent was a furry and against did not address a single point that they made.

Poisoning the Well

Definition: A form of ad hominem circumstantial in which the second arguer presents unfavorable information (true or false) about the first arguer to discredit anything that they may say.

Sample: "I don't care what you have to say since you are anti-patriotic and anti-American."

Proof: The Halo goon was presenting unfavorable information about their opponent in a desperate bid to defend Halo; and in this particular case, the unfavorable information was largely false.

Ad Hominem Tu Quoque

Definition: The second arguer tries to make the first arguer appear hypocritical to discredit anything that they say.

Sample: "You are making a stance that I should not attack Star Trek, but you say bad things about Halo all of the time."

Proof: The Halo goon was making their opponent appear far more hypocritical than they actually are and did not address even a single point that was made about Halo being war propaganda.

I will make more posts in this Vulcan Logic Course series and next time I will be talking about Halo's second favorite logical fallacy of all time, the Straw Man Fallacy.  If you are reading this post, please never ever use any ad hominem fallacies or else I will not take you seriously.