I think there might be some sort of misunderstanding. Blade accused you of attacking him with an ad-hominem. I opined that it was odd that he knew what an “ad-homnem” was, but didn’t appear to know what argumentum ad populum or argumentum ad verecundiam meant. They are all fallacies used in debates.
I suggested that perhaps he did know of these fallacies, but used them anyways because he hoped the rest of us might not know of them. No disrespect toward you.
It wasn’t a misunderstanding so much as a lack of clarity in my reply. I knew you were not lending any credence to Blade’s baseless smear. I took the opportunity of your comment to underscore the bizarrely misguided nature of Blade’s inane accusation, which I could and should have been clearer about. Sorry about that. :(