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Re:A Database of Fugitive Slave Ads Reveals Thousands of Unt... by bdcravens on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @11:52AM (#21826752)
> Do folks just want better detention conditions or are we advocating for giving citizenship to everyone who wants it?

False dichotomy.

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Re:A Database of Fugitive Slave Ads Reveals Thousands of Unt... by weberc2 on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @11:59AM (#21826830)
That’s not a dichotomy. It’s not an exhaustive list.
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Re:A Database of Fugitive Slave Ads Reveals Thousands of Unt... by bdcravens on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @12:28PM (#21827140)
Exactly. It's presented as an exhaustive list, making it a false dichotomy:

"A situation in which two alternative points of view are presented as the only options, when others are available."

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/false_dichotomy

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Re:A Database of Fugitive Slave Ads Reveals Thousands of Unt... by weberc2 on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @02:11PM (#21828172)
In idiomatic English, "or" can imply a dichotomy as you suggest or an incomplete list, which was my intention. I wasn't thinking about the ambiguity when I wrote it, so that's my fault.
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Re:A Database of Fugitive Slave Ads Reveals Thousands of Unt... by bdcravens on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @03:31PM (#21829105)
Fair enough.
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