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Slippery slope - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In debate or rhetoric, a slippery slope (also the thin edge of the wedge or the camel's nose ) is a classical informal fallacy. A slippery slope argument states that a relatively small first ste...
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The Slippery Slope - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The only way to avoid this slippery slope is to start treating freedom of speech as an inalienable right, not a privilege that the government can restrict as it sees fit. The Supreme Court can take a critical step in the right direction by overturning bans on corporate speech...
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Slippery Slope – exaggerating the possible future consequences of an action ... If a person stands on a slippery slope, then one small misstep can force him to fall or begin the avalanche that causes havoc or destruction down the hill. The slippery slope fallacy occurs when an argument exaggerates the possible...
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Tom Zeller Jr. at the New York Times saw fit to write about the jihad vs. anti-jihad battle at YouTube today. Not only does he appear to agree that banning “First, They Came” was a bad idea, but he also, unlike his colleague Virginia Heffernan (who inspired my new ... “A Slippery Slope of Censorship at YouTube”...
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But: while deductively valid - in its informal and thus fallacious form, slippery slope involves "if-then" relationships (especially causal connections) which are not (as in the case of deductive logic) 100% absolutely certain.
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