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>This is a disingenuous and overly-glib argument It's not that, it's a reductio ad absurdum, a legitimate debate technique.
by savanaly 3y ago
>This is a disingenuous and overly-glib argument
It's not that, it's a reductio ad absurdum, a legitimate debate technique.
- kerkeslager 3y ago> (reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction Banning pens and paper isn't a consequence of forcing Facebook to not allow drug dealing. Or in the contradiction sense, forcing Facebook to not allow drug dealing does not lead to an absurdity of everyone being forced to ban pens and paper. This isn't reductio ad absurdum.