Ad Hominem

Attacking the person making an argument rather than the argument itself. In conspiracy contexts, dismissing debunkers as "shills" or "paid agents."

Example

Dismissing a climate scientist's findings because they received government funding.

Theories on Conspirafy that exhibit this fallacy

• The Flat Earth Theory — Scientists who disagree are dismissed as paid shills

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