[Fantasywriter]

Look, they all come swooping down on the thread in the familiar mob and start in afresh with their ad hominem. If I dare to *reply* to any of them...you guessed it. I’m at fault.

According to the mob, I’m always and only the one at fault.

Whatever.

[JockoManning]

We realize that your definition of ad hominem appears to be anything that disagrees with your construction on reality; finds the least flaw or fault in your construction on reality etc.

Guess what, you can have your own "special" dictionary to your heart's content.

However, when you pretend to communicate with others in the general culture, THAT IS NOT the dictionary everyone else uses.

You can pretend it is
You can claim it is
You can demand that it be so
You can blather endlessly insisting that it is
You can scream and stamp your feet insisting that the Bible says your dictionary is the only dictionary in the universe.

NONE of that makes it so.

However, insisting on use of your very special solitary dictionary will result in a lot of folks looking at you with a very strange look.