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It's not a false dichotomy, it's a hyperbole meant to illustrate an uncomfortable trade-off.
by selfhoster11 5y ago
It's not a false dichotomy, it's a hyperbole meant to illustrate an uncomfortable trade-off.
- kelseyfrog 5y agoIt isn't a trade off. That's the falseness of setting it up as two mutually exclusive and exhaustive choices. There are better ways to make a point than hyperbole.
- CountDrewku 5y agoExplain how it isn't a tradeoff. Give me one example that supports your stance please. It's a sliding a scale. You get to move the marker one way or the other. Whatever you do for the "greater good" will inherently remove rights from someone.
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- kelseyfrog 5y agoUmm, the right to be free from slavery.
- CountDrewku 5y agoThat took rights and freedom away from certain people. We've all agreed that taking the right to hold slaves away is better for society just like taking the right to murder away is better for society. However, that doesn't mean you didn't take a freedom away from a group of people.
- kelseyfrog 5y agoI'm saying freedom from slavery was an increase in freedom and a greater good. That's the point. A net increase in both. That's why it's a false dichotomy.
- CountDrewku 5y agoThat contradicts absolutely nothing I said. I'm not sure who you're arguing against here. There's no false dichotomy being presented at all.
- asxd 5y agoPresenting two choices as mutually exclusive, when they are not, is definitely a false dichotomy.
- teakettle42 5y agoHow are they not mutually exclusive? This is a profoundly fundamental idea about human freedom. You cannot both grant people the freedom to act — even if that means they might use that freedom to harm others — and simultaneously, ensure that nobody can come to harm.
- consumer451 5y agoThe problem with this to me is that it makes "freedom to harm others" sound like something that should be valued. Also, the exact definition of "safe" would help in analyzing the original statement.
- raxxorrax 5y agoI don't think this dichotomy to be false. They are competing concepts at some point. Another example is freedom and equality, which is also a hot topic if you will. But I don't think anyone on internet platforms is in dire need of government protection. Perhaps kids that get groomed, but not adults in any capacity that can trivially withdraw from the problem.