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Once you start invoking the Slippery Slope argument, it's only a hop, skip, and a jump to employing other fallacies in your hate factories. -- (link)

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Dec 15 '08, 21:15

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_slope (en.wikipedia.org)

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Question: Isn't the "slippery slope" the cornerstone of all incrementalism? - Name Withheld By Request Dec 15, 21:41 11
- only if you suppose all arguments are a house of cards. Each argument in theory stands on its own merits. -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 21:48 10
  - But we already acknowledge that changes in one policy area can and does often affect changes in other areas right? - Name Withheld By Request Dec 15, 21:52 9
    - things obviously progress, but when we're talking about it as fallacy it's when people make Neo-like leaps of logic. -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 21:55 8
      - If the leaps are big enough, sure, but too often some people are dismissive of anything as a potential side effect on the grounds of slippery slopes. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Dec 15, 22:10 5
        
        That's why the points that are on the graph of a slippery slope need to be backed up with hard data. - Beryllium Dec 15, 22:13 4
        
        Where's the hard data that polygamy is bad for society or for anyone? -- nm - Dr.Vermin Dec 15, 22:16 3
        
        polygamy? What are you talking about? I was talking about interspecies. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 22:24 2
        
        you said catS and dogS... plural of both! It's a goddamn backyard orgy! - Dr.Vermin Dec 15, 22:29 1
        
        L3 :) That's the ticket! -- nm - Beryllium Dec 15, 22:33
      - there is no spoon? -- nm - mafic Dec 15, 21:58 1
        
        whoa. -- nm - Reagen Dec 15, 21:58
I employ a lot of immigrants in my hate factories. - Dr.Vermin Dec 15, 21:24

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