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This is a logical fallacy, and a bad one as it generally doesn't bear out how you're implying in the real world.

• zests 6y ago
  The labeling of "slippery slope" as a "logical fallacy" versus a "consequentialist logical device" is becoming quite the political statement. Check out the history and the talk page of the wikipedia article for slippery slope. For the record, I disagree that it is a logical fallacy in all cases.
  • andybak 6y ago
    > For the record, I disagree that it is a logical fallacy in all cases. Isn't that ambiguous? You could mean: > It is not a logical fallacy ever. or > It is not always a logical fallacy. I suspect you mean the latter but some might intepret you as meaning the former.
    • zests 6y ago
      Yes, I can see how the wording could be confusing. I mean the second interpretation as you suggest.