an ad hominem is when you say, "Your argument is wrong because you're an idiot." not "your argument is wrong and it makes you look like an idiot."

Like when I said you were spouting jargon out of confirmation bias

Which you havent disproven

The former is vested in the latter..

That doesnt make it the same thing

Its not an ad hominem by definition

Douchebag is

No its a descriptor

as you say..

But it isnt

Not in the context you were using it

I didn't say "your argument is invalid because you're a douchebag."

or is that only vested when I throw insults?

hypocrit

hypocrite*

This is the intellectual equivilant of "no u"

now he wants to be intellectual..

If I say you look like your are doing something out of confirmation bias and you call me a douchebag that is an ad hominem

If I say your argument makes you look stupid because of the argument not because of YOU that is not an ad hominem

You attacked my character I did not attack yours

No. It was insulting to imply that I looked that stuff up on the spot and was ignorant about what I was talking about. That was an attack. To which I responded..

I was attacking your argument

You attacked my character

Thats the difference

If you are incapable of understanding that this conversation may as well be over

Although this isnt much of a conversation

plausible denyability

> I feel like you googled that and then just regurgitated it to fulfill your confirmation bias without knowing what any of that actually means or implies

yeah because this isn't being a dick at all.

I attacked your argument

You attacked me

There is a difference

I mever said this is all wrong you're an idiot

Lord this is like talking to a wall at this point

No, you told me I had confirmation bias without having a basis. You told me I didn't know what I was talking about. That's an attack.

I said I suspected confirmation bias

It might not be as explicit as calling someone a douchebag, but its still being a dick.

Hence "I feel like X"

Being a dick =/= an ad hominem

I feel like you're a cocksucker.

now your just getting nasty

no its not an attack