[brianmurphy]

https://owl.excelsior.edu/argument-and-critical-thinking/log...

"A slippery slope fallacy occurs when someone claims that a position or decision will lead to a series of unintended negative consequences. These negative consequences are often bad and/or increasingly outlandish. The person using the slippery slope fallacy takes these consequences as a certainty and does not analyze the logic of their own position. A slippery slope fallacy can be used as a deflection to avoid discussing the merits of a position, shifting the field of debate."

[einarfd]

So where is the slippery slope in the Martin Niemöller poem?

The transgression against the groups does not change, it is just repeated on different "troublesome" out groups. I guess you can argue that the last line, where the I of the text is taken, is the slippery slope. But that seems a bit contrived.

My reading of it is that it is an admonishing against accepting injustice against groups that you yourself is not part of, and that if you do not speak up. Then who will speak up for you, if you need it.

[fatbird]

I'm in awe of what a shitty response this is to Niemoller's poem. Like, new depths of twat-itude have been explored here. Congratulations winner.