WASHINGTON -- The first time my dad noticed somebody on the internet had called me an idiot, he decided to take matters into his own hands. Without telling me, my proud papa tracked down the accuser’s email address and sent him a sternly worded screed. In a fit of protective pique, my father expressed his profound disappointment with the author’s use of ad hominem attacks, and this ad hominem attack in particular.
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