E.U. Prepares Major Penalties Against X

Re:E.U. Prepares Major Penalties Against X by mike_hearn on Monday April 07, 2025 @03:28PM (#43614977)

Technically, "slippery slope" isn't a fallacy. It's just a name for the idea that one thing leads inevitably to another. It's not fallacious to extrapolate from past experience, even if that extrapolation turns out to be wrong.

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Re:E.U. Prepares Major Penalties Against X by tpm on Monday April 07, 2025 @03:34PM (#43615033)

I wrote "slippery slope fallacy", not just "slippery slope", for a reason.

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Re:E.U. Prepares Major Penalties Against X by mike_hearn on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @03:53AM (#43619361)

Arguing A->B is only a fallacy if no argument for the sequence is provided. A plausible argument was provided here based on prior experience of other governments. There's no fallacy if you just disagree on the probability.

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Re:E.U. Prepares Major Penalties Against X by tpm on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @04:13AM (#43619450)

No argument (not plausible, not probable, none) for the sequence was provided.

Communist revolution always precedes communist control of speech.

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