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This is a ridiculously hostile response.
by Liesmith 12y ago
This is a ridiculously hostile response.
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- WorldWideWayne 12y agoCommanding people to "Call your mom" like that is a ridiculous appeal to authority.
- Liesmith 12y agoNo it isn't, that's not what appeal to authority means. An appeal to authority is using someone's perceived authority to support an argument, i.e. "Actually you're wrong, because Elon Musk says" or "Um, no, do you have a PhD in this, like I do?" or some other attempt to override argument with the trappings of success rather than actual merit. I know this because I have a Masters Degree.
- WorldWideWayne 12y agoYes, it is. The perceived authority here is society. Everyone should call their mom, right? Wrong.