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I see the confusion. I was referring to "this feels like a slope that could become very slippery." having any meaning outside of someone arguing from SSF.
by kelseyfrog 4y ago
I see the confusion. I was referring to "this feels like a slope that could become very slippery." having any meaning outside of someone arguing from SSF.
- ch4s3 4y agoYes, what I meant was this sort of creeping expansion of US government has historically created slippery slopes.
- kelseyfrog 4y agoExactly, that's definitionally fallistic.
- ch4s3 4y agoNo, it's an appeal to previous examples of the same thing happening.
- kelseyfrog 4y agoSlippery slope is the only fallacy where people can simultaneously use it by name, and still claim, "but this time it's true!"