Ad+Hominem

Ad Hominem aka Tu Quoque It is the refutation, or the refusal, of points by attack of the speaker. This is to completely ignore whatever they say because, whatever, I don't like you. It is more than often used because of it's ability to quickly illicit, or bring out, reactions or just for lack of better argument.

In fact, much of an individual's lack of ability to critique a work can come from the use of ad hominem. A very clear example of this was the 2012 Presidential debate; much of Mitt Romney's arguments were based on "Well, Obama's plan isn't up to snuff. If I were in, I would take out what I believe doesn't meet a non existent standard, and that's why you should vote for me." This very logic was also used during a lot of the Civil Rights Movement. Blacks aren't as good as whites, therefore anyone who would disagree and is indeed black couldn't argue because their logic isn't based on any proper white person logic. This completely forgoes, or ignores, the fact that those who would argue are equally capable when put in similar, if not the same situations. However, like I said, it makes it easy to get emotional reactions. If I were to say that someone is from a broken household, and therefor can't even comprehend the problems at hand let alone argue for or against them, they would most likely easily get riled up. At this point, I can easily say that since they're running on emotions, their argument is too emotionally charged and therefore doesn't rely enough on hard logic and fact. Depending on the group and the attacked individual, it can be easily a very powerful tool.

My fallacy really resonates with me. I use it all the time because it's easy to just ignore people and convincing people is also pretty easy.