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It's absolutely a slippery slope. Except that it isn't - and you yourself have slipped into a classic fallacy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_slope ht

• sodality2 4y ago
  Slippery slope is only a fallacy when there's little to no evidence that you'll fall down the slope. When there is evidence or logic showing that it truly is slippery, it's not a fallacy anymore. Even from the article you linked: > The strength of such an argument depends on whether the small step really is likely to lead to the effect Some would say it is very likely for power-tripping HOA members to continue sliding down the slope.
  • tiahura 4y ago
    Some would say is neither evidence nor logic.
    • akhmatova 4y ago
      My mistake for joining a conversation in which the local neighborhood improvement association was literally compared with the Gestapo.