In an interview with Kyle Kulinski, Sam Harris stated that attacking someone (i.e. Glenn Greenwald or Reza Aslan) personally is "only an (ad-hominem) fallacy if one fails to deal with their arguments" (quoted from memory). Do you guys share this view?
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Yes, attacking someone is not definitively fallacious, but it is is the personal attack is in lieu of actually refuting the arguments.
Sam Harris is such a child
;)
Here is the interview, by the way:
Literal quote: "[...] that's [to comit the ad-hominem fallacy] is only true if you're failing to deal with their arguments." 5:37