A billionaire attacking somebody else as "Pedo Guy" was peak hominem plus outrageous power imbalance, and the post you're replying to doesn't hold a candle to that. Plus Musk really is "a prick" "Space Karen" "King Shithead" "shitty person" "arrogant bastard" "billionaire bozo" "a clown". Truth is the best defense against libel.

Thing is, that level of invective just makes me think he's got politically motivated brainworms. In terms of performance and features, Twitter is better than it's ever been.

Using "politically motivated brainworms" multiple times in this thread seems like a politically motivated brainworm.

You don't have to be politically motivated to realize Elon is an ass.

Elon just killed a sizeable chunk of their business without a word of explanation, let alone at least heads up. He’s pissed, rightfully so - it’s “livelihood motivated”.

Insulting people who've done you harm is not an "ad hominem"; he's not debating Musk here.

It's admirable elegant variation. [0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elegant_variation

Ah, much thanks for this. The concept has been with me for what seems like forever, but I'd never come across the term.

None of these are ad hominem arguments.

None of these are arguments.

Yes, one of several reasons they can't be ad hominem arguments.

It's not an ad hom if he's not claiming Musk is a shitty person therefore he's wrong about X. He's saying Musk is a shitty person and he's wrong. He's just using Musk's chosen pronouns.