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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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