Originally Posted by
avidflyer
An ad hominem attack assumes that the argument, not the person, is what is in question. In this case I would say that the issue IS the person.
Not quite:
Originally Posted by Wikipedia
An ad hominem argument, also known as argumentum ad hominem (Latin: "argument to the person", "argument against the man") consists of replying to an argument by attacking or appealing to the person making the argument, rather than by addressing the substance of the argument.
I know some may feel the claims made to be unbased and a little jarring, that's still no cause for any sort of personal attack.