CBO: Trump's budget doesn't balance federal ledger
Now, as usual, USMB cons will call this "fake news" because ANY criticism of Trump fits that description in their tiny minds, but because they won't be able to come up with a non-partisan source that disputes the claim, the rest of us will ignore them as always.
because they won't be able to come up with a non-partisan source that disputes the [CBO's findings]
You should add that they'll also resort to "shooting the messenger."
The upshot is that when one has no sound rebuttal or refutation for a claim and resorts to any of the
forms of ad hominem responses/argumentation, one unequivocally announces to the world that one has no better case to present, for if one had a better case, one would make it.
As an aside, I have to say I have no respect for individuals who implement
ad hominem lines of argumentation. I don't because it's clear that when that is the best one has to offer to discredit an assertion, one knows one has no sounder argument. One has to know that by invoking an
ad hominem line, one impugns one's overall credibility and reputation. It is thus outright absurd, when all one has is the
ad hominem attack, to do anything other than concede defeat on that matter and move on to a new topic. Now, that's actually so of any use to unsound lines, but it's most egregiously so for the
ad hominem because of its personal nature. The irony issuing from users attacking via ad hominem rebuttals is dwarfed by little else.
For that reason, I don't generally bother to respond to such remarks. Why should I? Doing so serves only to give the person a chance to redeem themselves, and why would I want to do that when I'm engaged in discursive opposition to them?
