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Technically, "slippery slope" isn't a fallacy. It's just a name for the idea that one thing leads inevitably to another. It's not fallacious to extrapolate from
by mike_hearn 2y ago
Technically, "slippery slope" isn't a fallacy. It's just a name for the idea that one thing leads inevitably to another. It's not fallacious to extrapolate from past experience, even if that extrapolation turns out to be wrong.
- tpm 2y agoI wrote "slippery slope fallacy", not just "slippery slope", for a reason.
- mike_hearn 2y agoArguing A->B is only a fallacy if no argument for the sequence is provided. A plausible argument was provided here based on prior experience of other governments. There's no fallacy if you just disagree on the probability.
- tpm 2y agoNo argument (not plausible, not probable, none) for the sequence was provided. Communist revolution always precedes communist control of speech.