Ridicule used to either avoid addressing a question or an issue or to intimidate and belittle
Example:
Rocky Rockbuilder: My experience is that God leads me, teaches me, and corrects me moment by moment in every situation. I confess that I don’t always listen as I should. I’m learning to discern His voice from all others and to obey Him.
Sandy Sandbuilder: You’re being ridiculous because you’re insane.
When a persuader uses ad hominem ridicule instead of reason, they’ll sometimes commit the appeal to ridicule fallacy because they think that it makes their point more effectively. They ridicule the person rather than using sound reason to evaluate the idea. The appeal to ridicule fallacy occurs when a persuader uses ridicule or humor rather than rational thinking. Ad hominem ridicule is a smokescreen to hide an axiomatic thinking fallacy. Christ-followers should avoid it. Sticking to the facts is embarrassing enough for ungodly thinkers. Watch for this fallacy from ungodly thinkers such as atheists, globalists, neocons, leftists, evolutionists, and socialists.
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