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> [...associational ad hominem attacks remain the left's favorite rhetorical strategy for undermining opponents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonah-goldberg/associational-ad-hominem-attacks-remain-the-left-s-favorite/)

[Jonah Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonah-goldberg/)

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> [“Almost all the angry letters I received were from Muslims. People called me an Uncle Tom, white on the inside, a traitor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayaan-hirsi-ali/almost-all-the-angry-letters-i-received-were-from-muslims-people/)

[Ayaan Hirsi Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayaan-hirsi-ali/)

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> [Reading a brief filled with ad hominem attacks is like listening to my kids fight, except that I have to wait until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-kethledge/reading-a-brief-filled-with-ad-hominem-attacks-is-like-listening-to/)

[Raymond Kethledge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-kethledge/)

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> [A lack of grace involves much more than critiquing an opponent. It looks a lot more like the ad hominem attacks the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsten-powers/a-lack-of-grace-involves-much-more-than-critiquing-an-opponent-it/)

[Kirsten Powers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsten-powers/)

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> [“Despite the clear scientific consensus, a veritable brigade of self-proclaimed, underinformed armchair experts lurk on comment threads the world over, eager to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-robert-grimes/despite-the-clear-scientific-consensus-a-veritable-brigade-of-self/)

[David Robert Grimes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-robert-grimes/)

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> [I've never been in a 'Twitter fight,' though I've witnessed my fair share. I do enjoy vigorous and informed debate, but the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-g-stavridis/i-ve-never-been-in-a-twitter-fight-though-i-ve-witnessed-my-fair/)

[James G. Stavridis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-g-stavridis/)

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