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> "The slippery slope is a fucking fallacy!" Ugh. Here we go again. The fact that the slippery slope argument can be a fallacy doesn't mean that all claims of
by potatolicious 15y ago
> "The slippery slope is a fucking fallacy!"
Ugh. Here we go again.
The fact that the slippery slope argument can be a fallacy doesn't mean that all claims of slippery slope is automatically a fallacy.
People seem to think the fact that this word exists means they can use it in all contexts and be right.
[edit] And the slippery slope angle has materialized in this particular case. No sonner had the jailbait subreddits fallen did people start clamoring for the shutdown of /r/beatingwomen, /r/deadbabies, and various other reprehensible subreddits. This certainly hasn't been a we-banned-jailbait-and-now-everything-is-fine deal that people hoped it to be.
- repsilat 15y agoThe "slippery slope" argument can be made more strongly here - a few months ago /r/jailbait was shut down by the admins. There was a lot of hand-wringing about it, but they were eventually swayed by opinion and some media attention. This time around there was a post on SomethingAwful talking about a few more subreddits, and they were all (including several that were explicitly 18+ content only) shut down immediately. For good or ill, we're not in danger of slipping down that slope any more, we're demonstrably sliding already.
- fluidcruft 15y ago/r/jailbait was shut down by the /r/jailbait moderators, not the reddit admins.
- shasta 15y agoI believe this is known as the slippery slope fallacy fallacy.
- ugh 15y agoArrrg! If you say “slippery slope hurr durr” it is a fucking fallacy. You have to do work to make it one. No slippery slope has materialized anywhere. That’s bullshit.