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But maybe there's another Fallacy Fallacy here. I mean, we're all very good these days at pointing out slippery slopes. But that doesn't necessarily mean that a
by tunesmith 6y ago
But maybe there's another Fallacy Fallacy here. I mean, we're all very good these days at pointing out slippery slopes. But that doesn't necessarily mean that all slippery slopes are invalid, does it? After all, isn't it possible that there are some matters where giving that first inch thereby makes it easier to give that second inch?
- fatbird 6y agoThe slippery slope fallacy isn't that the first inch makes the second easier; it's that the first inch will unintentionally result in the second inch. It's a fallacy of assuming that certain consequences will result from that initial step, contrary to the intentions behind the initial step. Auden isn't claiming that Cerf wants to slaughter Pound's wife and children. He's claiming that the decision to ban Pound's poems will ultimately result in the slaughter of Pound's wife and children at Cerf's hands; that's what happened with the Nazis; quod erat demonstratum.