alt Hacker Newscalling him a shill for having a different opinion. just an attack on the person. based on nothing and distracts from the substance of his comment.
calling him a shill for having a different opinion. just an attack on the person. based on nothing and distracts from the substance of his comment.
Are we talking about the same comment? This is what the ad honinem remark was a reply to, just to double check that it's not simply a mix-up:
> People shouldn't have to go to a special store or buy special tools requiring special skills to change a battery.
I don't see how this could be read as a shill (having looked up the word; I'm not a native speaker). But I guess it may also not be my business