John was born into a well-to-do upper-middle-class black family with all expenses paid, free of much worry. He has never gone to bed hungry. John has never worked at a plant or factory. He grew up in a bubble that greatly influenced his thinking (white ivory tower mindset detached).
That sounds like an ad hominem argument, that his socioeconomic position disqualifies his opinion, rather than you engaging and offering a counter argument to his opinion.
Mr. Roscoe's reply to me does a nice job in explaining his different perspective. I agree with him there is room for many perspectives when it comes to policy debates, regardless of where and under what circumstances one was reared.
John was born into a well-to-do upper-middle-class black family with all expenses paid, free of much worry. He has never gone to bed hungry. John has never worked at a plant or factory. He grew up in a bubble that greatly influenced his thinking (white ivory tower mindset detached).
That sounds like an ad hominem argument, that his socioeconomic position disqualifies his opinion, rather than you engaging and offering a counter argument to his opinion.
Mr. Roscoe's reply to me does a nice job in explaining his different perspective. I agree with him there is room for many perspectives when it comes to policy debates, regardless of where and under what circumstances one was reared.