(April 12, 2017 at 12:05 pm)Vincent Wrote: While I am distrustful of Breitbart and the individuals who work there, I believe it is an ad hominem to dismiss someone on the basis of their employment rather than their talking points. And as I said, though I disagree with some of his stances I think he often uses sound logic to defend them. At least from what I've seen.
Do you know how Breitbart(the man) became a national figure? He manipulated a video to make Obama's supreme court nomination and spread it around. Once it was discovered that he and the video were a fraud, he went on to start the right-wing website. His philosophy was basically "never let the truth get in the way of a conservative agenda."
It's most certianly not an ad hominem to dismiss an organization started by a man that was proven to be a liar and manipulator of the truth.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
