&gt; I would argue that accusations of immorality is also ad hominem.<p>Its only ad hominem if the argument is made that someone&#x27;s argument on one point should be disregarded because of their allegedly immoral action. Otherwise, its not ad hominem. (Ad hominem isn&#x27;t saying someone is a bad person, its saying that their argument should be rejected <i>because</i> they are a bad person.)