[starkrights]

A slippery slope is fallacious when the argument is made with little evidence or reasoning to connect the current state/action to the supposed bottom of the slope. Whether or not you agree with the reasoning is one thing, but there’s been a great deal of argument and discourse talking about the ways we are approaching worse and worse things, and the ways we have purportedly already progressed down the metaphorical slope. Acknowledging fallacy is one thing, but categorically dismissing all arguments that discuss the (observed and/or potential) repercussions that can arise from current trends and actions on account “slippery slope is a fallacy”, with absolutely zero critical thinking applied to argue against the reasoning and/or alleged evidence of the slope is, well, unreasonable, I feel.

You can argue that the original comment just said “it’s a slippery slope!”, and so that specific conversation is not very valuable, but there’s a lot of surrounding discourse that makes “haha you’re wrong/your topic is invalid because you only said slippery slope!” Is obtuse at best.

And if I didn’t clarify enough, it’s not as if “slippery slopes” don’t and/or physically can’t exist. It’s just that frequently people claim there is one with no argument to support it, just that “it is” a slippery slope, and that it is scary/true just because of the way that it is. That’s fallacy.

[kelseyfrog]

The worst part is that I don't disagree that the US and UK are moving toward fascism - or at least some form of ethno-state where a WASPish core retains rights and everyone else has to fend for themselves.

What I am asking for, and pointing out, is that we can do better. It came from a moment of pedantry and honestly a pet peeve. Take what I said with a grain of salt.

[cowboylowrez]

yeah, it might be better to talk about a frog in a steadily warming pot rather than losing traction on a slope, but now I'm worried about your username lol