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> I'd rather live in a world where a student's website hosts an anonymous mean comment about me than live in the authoritarian nightmare of ... False dichotomy

> I'd rather live in a world where a student's website hosts an anonymous mean comment about me than live in the authoritarian nightmare of ... False dichotomy fallacy. Also fallacy of emotive language. That is a deflection, not a rebuttal. > Tea is still available on the app store Whataboutism. Fallacy of relative privation. That is a deflection, not a rebuttal. Since we're talking about worlds we'd like to live in, I'd like to live in a world where people believe that it's bad to think harassment platforms are ok/cool/fun.

Ajedi32 7mo ago
The manner in which the school got the website taken down was via an authoritarian nightmare, so it's not exactly a false dichotomy in this case. If not for the authoritarian nightmare the site might still be up. Though it's admittedly possible they could have eventually gotten the website taken down through less thuggish means.
- BugsJustFindMe 7mo ago
  The false dichotomy is that the two scenarios are presented as the only two options when they aren't the only two options. The use of "authoritarian nightmare" is the emotive language.
  - bodiekane 7mo ago
    "Authoritarian nightmare" is an accurate description. Calling this student's project a "harassment platform" is misleading, emotive language.
Dylan16807 7mo ago
Tea being available is relevant! Your list of fallacies is less useful than the comment you replied to, despite its flaws. Also using emotive language isn't a fallacy, get out of here with that. Using the phrase "authoritarian nightmare" does not replace logic with emotion like an actual fallacy would.