Someone summarily dismissing a point being made with the only counter argument being the name of the logical fallacy is indeed intellectually lazy and I’ve said as much
Saying: “your argument is ad hominiem because it’s attacking me personally vs addressing any of the points I made and thus not relevant to the discussion” isn’t being pretentious, it’s framing and directing the discussion in a productive way
The point of argument is to come to the truth, not to win. You cannot come to the truth in logic when you start on false pretences or if your argument is based in a fallacy
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