<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 22:52:53 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/hominem/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[It is not ad hominem to ask, "If a 'philosopher' lives no better than that, why listen to what he says?" ]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is hard, though, to pick the worst: (1) Jean-Jacques Rousseau, a simpering slug who left a toxic trail of self-pity and self-praise across a landscape of broken lives, beginning with those of his own]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@nooses/it-is-not-ad-hominem-to-ask-if-a-philosopher-lives-no-better-than-that-why-listen-to-what-he-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@nooses/it-is-not-ad-hominem-to-ask-if-a-philosopher-lives-no-better-than-that-why-listen-to-what-he-says</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nooses]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2022 00:49:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNu2L3iBMXq5y7xeiy1isFJsZxnMZSXuXEsxe4ee1cUkGyPgoGPnPEV98iCE4UZ4BgBXgkAeue7ZUjKv1iLMjsAs8cDVKv6gwKk1fsUmmQnQb8kcHbYqiMLTnNUL5XZxTJHgokaaVJwGVavyeiiKHTcLW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thinking that all ad hominem considerations are fallacious is the tell-tale mark of a middlebrow mind.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Don Boudreaux has a silly piece today defending the Great Barrington Declaration and AIER by acting as the arguments against the GBD are ad hominem. There's been considerable direct takedowns of the GBD]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/covid/@zafrada/thinking-that-all-ad-hominem-considerations-are-fallacious-is-the-tell-tale-mark-of-a-middlebrow-mind</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/covid/@zafrada/thinking-that-all-ad-hominem-considerations-are-fallacious-is-the-tell-tale-mark-of-a-middlebrow-mind</guid><category><![CDATA[covid]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zafrada]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2021 10:42:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpra1Kwf2Avsq5j478hPWKbtVEVcZuyAmXje7ChK7n11PB6dJ7XMZ5n1YjJoAfJsKWBxpGwJa7xb3VRdKN9fHwqRc8CkncFNFcmFtXmGPYUmu2NZC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["I'm Better Than You!"-a Reverse Ad Hominem Fallacy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Subscribe to The Dark Conservatarian: Subscribe to My 2 Cents: Support My 2 Cents: Thanks to my Patrons! MAG: Snizzypoo: Americap: Lady Cthulu: Nathan Slemp: Nightshift10000: Dark Con: Poe Poz: Nate the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ad/@my2centss/i-m-better-than-you-a-reverse-ad-hominem-fallacy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ad/@my2centss/i-m-better-than-you-a-reverse-ad-hominem-fallacy</guid><category><![CDATA[ad]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[my2centss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2018 21:13:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e3sNUV23hGbmaKDGwnhTx4TPFy5y2RCpax6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>