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Re:FBI chief says TikTok 'screams' of US national security c... by kelseyfrog on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @05:28PM (#35075643)
It's a fallacy whenever someone argues from it. Like the GP, they are literally arguing from a SSF and no one believes that's what it is. Beyond the pale.
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Re:FBI chief says TikTok 'screams' of US national security c... by ch4s3 on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @05:49PM (#35075875)
To quote the original comment:

" I'm very concerned that the US government will set a precedent for regulating what apps citizens are allowed to use."

Since US law is based on precedent, it is not unreasonable to say that allowing the government to legislate which apps are available to US persons could lead to creeping powers to regulate apps more broadly. All of post 9/11 security law is practically a national park of slippery slopes.

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Re:FBI chief says TikTok 'screams' of US national security c... by kelseyfrog on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @06:52PM (#35076410)
I see the confusion. I was referring to "this feels like a slope that could become very slippery." having any meaning outside of someone arguing from SSF.
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Re:FBI chief says TikTok 'screams' of US national security c... by ch4s3 on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @08:28PM (#35077251)
Yes, what I meant was this sort of creeping expansion of US government has historically created slippery slopes.
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Re:FBI chief says TikTok 'screams' of US national security c... by kelseyfrog on Thursday March 09, 2023 @12:13PM (#35083638)
Exactly, that's definitionally fallistic.
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Re:FBI chief says TikTok 'screams' of US national security c... by ch4s3 on Thursday March 09, 2023 @06:05PM (#35088113)
No, it's an appeal to previous examples of the same thing happening.
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Re:FBI chief says TikTok 'screams' of US national security c... by kelseyfrog on Thursday March 09, 2023 @07:27PM (#35088892)
Slippery slope is the only fallacy where people can simultaneously use it by name, and still claim, "but this time it's true!"
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