Quote Originally Posted by cyril evans awaydays View Post
Ad hominem (Latin for "to the man" or "to the person"), short for argumentum ad hominem, is a fallacious argumentative strategy whereby genuine discussion of the topic at hand is avoided by instead attacking the character, motive, or other attribute of the person making the argument, or persons associated with the argument, rather than attacking the substance of the argument itself
I see it more as a factual statement. You are either virtue signalling or you're not. There are no grey areas here I'm afraid.