Fallacy of Personal Attack The fallacy of personal attack involves assaulting the arguer rather than the argument. This fallacy is very common. Personal attack is like not accepting a argument because of the way one looks or because they eat seafood any you do not. This form of rejection is not logical. There are three forms of personal attack, character assassination, circumstantial and tu quoque. Character assassination is a personal attack where the arguer's reputation is considered evidence that his argument is false. For example, if a convicted felon out of jail has an argument, most people will not b