&gt; &quot;It is not ad hominem to bring someone&#x27;s motivation and prior record into consideration.&quot;<p>I don&#x27;t speak latin and don&#x27;t use that expression often. Are you saying it&#x27;s not ad hominem because the motive is <i>considered</i> as opposed to <i>attacked</i>? I ask because I had thought that it <i>is</i> ad hominem &quot;to bring someone&#x27;s motivation and prior record into consideration&quot;.<p>Here&#x27;s the definition on Wikipedia: &quot;a logical fallacy in which an argument is rebutted by attacking the character, motive, or other attribute of the person making the argument, or persons associated with the argument, rather than attacking the substance of the argument itself&quot;.
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Ad_hominem" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Ad_hominem</a><p>I didn&#x27;t read the link of this post, or the link in your comment, so hopefully I didn&#x27;t miss something. I was just curious since I thought &quot;ad hominem&quot; describes what you were saying is <i>not</i> ad hominem.