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People often forget that "slippery slope" is a fallacy. Political censorship is indeed of general concern; censoring anti-vax bullshit does not imply an inevita
by javajosh 5y ago
People often forget that "slippery slope" is a fallacy. Political censorship is indeed of general concern; censoring anti-vax bullshit does not imply an inevitable path to political censorship.
The real solution, of course, is to out the hypocrisy and malfeasance of the spineless GOP/Fox leadership that panders to this ignorance, and gives it mainstream legitimacy. Without that legitimacy, these conspiracy theories will fade back into background noise where they belong.
- fighterpilot 5y ago> People often forget that "slippery slope" is a fallacy. This is an extremely common misunderstanding. Slippery slopes aren't necessarily fallacious, the slippery slope fallacy isn't trying to say this. Many slippery slopes have occurred throughout history. The slippery slope fallacy pertains to a certain type of slippery slope argument.