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wildly false dichotomy if you're a parent and you don't want your kids to do something, the answer is to supervise them. should hot stoves and sharp knives req
by wavemode 10mo ago
wildly false dichotomy
if you're a parent and you don't want your kids to do something, the answer is to supervise them. should hot stoves and sharp knives require inserting an ID for age verification?
- lucraft 10mo agoIt's not a wildly false dichotomy. It's hyperbolic, sure, but the broad point that there are things that parents find hard to parent for reasons, and society should think about helping them out, is 100% true.
- wavemode 10mo agoit's a false dichotomy because it implies that the only two options we have are either draconian regulation, or no regulation whatsoever. that's the dictionary definition of a false dichotomy.
- immibis 10mo agoThe other side is a false dichotomy because it implies the only options we have are either blame parents or do nothing.
- wavemode 10mo agoI never argued that we do nothing. There are plenty of laws on the books related to internet safety, and plenty more that we could pass. What I'm specifically against is mandating ID verification.