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At what point is something political vs not? Is something about climate change political? Is an ad saying 'please pollute less' political? Where does that line

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• jonny_eh 8y ago
  > The continuum fallacy (also called the fallacy of the beard,[1] or line drawing fallacy) is an informal fallacy closely related to the sorites paradox, or paradox of the heap. Both fallacies cause one to erroneously reject a vague claim simply because it is not as precise as one would like it to be. Vagueness alone does not necessarily imply invalidity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_fallacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_fallacy > Where does that line get drawn? In this case, at Google.
  • mmanfrin 8y ago
    This whole topic extends from the imprecision of policies at Google, quoting the wiki article of a fallacy doesn't contribute anything. Thanks.
• gremlinsinc 8y ago
  I never said a pac couldn't advertise political causes... BUT they just can't mention politicians... i.e. they can't be a 3rd arm 'unapproved' tentacle representing a political campaign...
  • tzs 8y ago
    Suppose the ad just talks about some issue (pollution, guns, abortion, immigration) and what the advertiser wants to happen, and includes a link to their site "for more information" or "how to help" or something like that. The ad does not mention any particular politician or party. The "for more information" or "how to help" page it links to, however, does explicitly name politicians and praises or condemns their positions on the issue and urges you to vote accordingly. Allowed under your rules?