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I'm not sure if adding a slippery slope step to Godwin's law makes a functional difference.
by magicalist 5y ago
I'm not sure if adding a slippery slope step to Godwin's law makes a functional difference.
- zczc 5y agoGodwin's law does not invalidate argument. “[Godwin] rejected the idea that whoever invokes Godwin's Law has lost the argument, and argues that appropriate application of the rule "should function less as a conversation ender and more as a conversation starter"” - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law
- magicalist 5y ago> Godwin's law does not invalidate argument I never said it did. I'm saying you're falling to split whatever hairs you were looking for with this argument.
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoNote that KerrAvon invoked Godwin, not zczc. Also note that historically, some slopes have proven themselves to be actually slippery.
- magicalist 5y ago> some slopes have proven themselves to be actually slippery Sure, and some haven't. So being able to imagine one means exactly nothing.