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Because .... ITS A SLIPPERY SLOPE, that the republicans in charge and religious right wing have shown they are perfectly OK with pushing for, shit its funny how
by cchance 1y ago
Because .... ITS A SLIPPERY SLOPE, that the republicans in charge and religious right wing have shown they are perfectly OK with pushing for, shit its funny how project 2025 is like 60% implemented and people are still acting like its all some conspiracy and this weird religious right wing shit isnt actually happening
- superfrank 1y ago"IT IS A SLIPPERY SLOPE! First we gave women rights, then black people rights, and now we're trying to give trans people rights and rights to illegal immigrants!" To be clear, I support all of those things, but the point I'm making is that saying it's a slippery slope is a bad argument because A) the next steps are often based on opinion and not fact and B) what one person sees as a slippery slope another person sees as progress and growth. I'm not arguing in favor of this Texas bill (I have pretty mixed feelings about it honestly). I'm just saying the argument the first person made is a bad argument.
- linotype 1y agoWe’re already sliding down the slippery slope. Claiming I’m arguing in bad faith is just helping the people that are pushing us down it. A slippery slope isn’t a bad thing if it involves people getting more rights. I also think it’s somewhat ironic that my simple statement that started this conversation has been flagged. Free speech really is done in the US.
- hooverd 1y agosometimes you can clearly see the slope being greased
- DrillShopper 1y agoIf you're not arguing for it, stop being an apologist for it.
- superfrank 1y agoWhy? Pointing out a flawed argument isn't the same as supporting an idea.
- heavyset_go 1y agoWe are living through a real life example of the fallacy fallacy: the fallacy that because an argument contains a logical fallacy, that does not mean it is not true.