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Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2026 12:46 am

Iwannaplato wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2026 12:40 am

Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2026 12:37 am No, you're right: I don't. They aren't.

Great. You're not a slippery slope fanatic.

No, the slippery slope is not appropriate here.

Where is it appropriate?

Iwannaplato wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2026 8:04 am

Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2026 12:46 am

Iwannaplato wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2026 12:40 am Great. You're not a slippery slope fanatic.

No, the slippery slope is not appropriate here.

Where is it appropriate?

Oh, there are definitely places where it is. It's not always a fallacy, anymore than an appeal to authority always is. There are some genuine authorities, after all. Even an ad hominem can be appropriate in situations in which the character of the speaker is being presented as the bona fides or evidence of an argument -- but not in other contexts, of course. So yeah, it can be very useful sometimes.