I didn't wish to argue it, but I'm willing to do so. The bottom line is this: You sought to diminish my stature in the eyes of our audience with your insults, and therefore make it easier for people to believe what you say, and harder for them to believe what I said. (Although, I certainly hope people gave up on this sub-thread in the first few posts.) In that way, you used your insults as an ad hominem. That, coupled with the fact that it took 10 posts to get you to address the point rather than personally attack, or misdirect with attacks on others, or points I didn't raise, or attacking me as a member of a group rather than me personally...all of these were fallacies you employed. Fallacies can be effective ways to argue, but they will never lead to a win on the merits.