The Ad Hominem Family
Ad hominem is a Latin phrase meaning "at the man (or person)." Fallacies in this family all share the characteristic that they concern themselves with the person responsible for the argument, rather than the argument itself. They falsely assume that the character or characteristics of the person responsible for the argument imply that the argument itself must have certain characteristics, or that the characteristics of the person responsible for the argument are relevant to the acceptability of the argument itself. Another common name for this fallacy is genetic fallacy, since it attacks the source or "genesis" of the argument rather than the argument itself.
The fallacies in the Ad Hominem family are...
Ex Concessis (Guilt by Association)
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