Should slippery slope arguments be criticized as fallacious reasoning? You bet.
But it's a slippery slope.
First the public discourse is generally improved. Then the next thing you know, your kids are questioning your favorite religion, or your political values, or your baseball team's track record. Before long, hope and beauty have been outlawed, your brain's been replaced with an expensive computer, AND THERE'S NOT A DAMN THING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT!
Should slippery slope arguments be criticized as fallacious reasoning? You bet.
But it's a slippery slope.
First the public discourse is generally improved. Then the next thing you know, your kids are questioning your favorite religion, or your political values, or your baseball team's track record. Before long, hope and beauty have been outlawed, your brain's been replaced with an expensive computer, AND THERE'S NOT A DAMN THING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT!
logician360 1 year ago 15
@kroqfan001 Taboo II
DrZsbl 6 months ago 2