• Alteon@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      …except the title literally includes Trump’s name. Trump, the guy whose the elimination of USAID has literally… literally…killed over 50,000 people due to removing food, medicine, and support for people around the world.

      Trump is accusing others of failing to uphold human rights. Peak irony.

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          3 months ago

          Just pointing out the hypocrisy isn’t an ad hominem.

            • Frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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              3 months ago

              The reason to point out hypocrisy in politics is to get down to what the person really wants. For example, the pastor who preached against The Gays, and then ends up being convicted of grooming children. He obviously wasn’t going after LGBTQ+ people out of some moral stance, so we look for other explanations. Gaining political power is one possibility.

              In general, logical fallacies should be used to pick apart your own argument, not throwing it in other people’s faces.