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by uberfoop @, Seattle-ish, Friday, September 02, 2016, 22:20 (2844 days ago) @ someotherguy

Next you'll be telling me that slippery slope doesn't exist because it's the name of a fallacy.

I've always felt that "slippery slope fallacy" is a silly term. Why do we have special language to refer to any weak argument that takes a certain form? Why not just call them "weak?"

However, as it's not uncommon for people to reject arguments purely on the basis of them taking a slippery slope form, "slippery slope fallacy fallacy" should totally become a phrase.

And when people start accusing others of "slippery slope fallacy fallacy" only on the basis that they were arguing against a slippery slope argument, we can introduce the "slippery slope fallacy fallacy fallacy."


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