~~ WHO Was Banned Today? #2 ~~

[digitalmonster]

ethnic slur....reported.

Someone rep this person, I am all out.

 

[mbills2223]

Let me see what's going on today on INGO........

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Slippery slope much?

Yes. Exactly. The people that are most adamant about denying the very existence of the slippery slope are generally the ones that are leading us straight to it. But think, if such a thing actually didn't exist, would there be a term for it in such common use? It's not just a common delusion. Denial of it has become de rigueur among the intelligentsia to the point most will think it is false, but think outside the box they put you in. There are in fact slippery slopes, and this is an excellent example of one.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Sorry, just my autism spectrum acting up.

 

[JetGirl]

What?
I... but....


This is why there are directions on shampoo.

 

[mbills2223]

What just happened...?

 

[Expat]

What just happened...?

There was a great disturbance in the force...

 

[digitalmonster]

What just happened...?

Haha I should not have engaged.

 

[VUPDblue]

If I call you, right now, what VUPD called a swath of people... I'd be banned for personal attacks.

My gripe is of the "Do as I say, not as I do" variety.

Doesn't matter. That was all like 5 threads ago. Done on the subject.

Yep, I referred to a whole group of instigators as "petulant children" and I stand by that description wholeheartedly. I did it without mentioning anyone in particular, but rather stated that there were quite a few "pot stirrers" who make the modding job difficult. As much as you want to say I called someone a name, I did not. I stated that an unidentified group of folks are acting a certain way.

 

[digitalmonster]

Yes. Exactly. The people that are most adamant about denying the very existence of the slippery slope are generally the ones that are leading us straight to it. But think, if such a thing actually didn't exist, would there be a term for it in such common use? It's not just a common delusion. Denial of it has become de rigueur among the intelligentsia to the point most will think it is false, but think outside the box they put you in. There are in fact slippery slopes, and this is an excellent example of one.

Fallacy: Slippery Slope

 

[chezuki]

Damn millennials.

 

[bradmedic04]

Wtf happened in here?

This thread is probably headed toward lockville, with Hassle-Hough(made) getting all racist.

 

[mbills2223]

Damn millennials.

If I had a nickel for every time I've heard that...

 

[HoughMade]

Fallacy: Slippery Slope

A Supreme Court case finding a federal Constitutional right to birth control led to a federal Constitutional right to abortion, then sodomy, and perhaps soon gay marriage (that line of cases has indeed been cited in the several lower court decisions). This is not a logical fallacy; it is fact. Whether that is a positive or negative progression is a matter of personal perspective, but the progression is there.

Predicting the next (or, if not next, later) step in the progression is more difficult, but there will be a next step, and several steps after that. The "slippery slope" is only a logical fallacy if there is no reliable evidence of a progression or where it may be leading.

 

[mbills2223]

A Supreme Court case finding a federal Constitutional right to birth control led to a federal Constitutional right to abortion, then sodomy, and perhaps soon gay marriage (that line of cases has indeed been cited in the several lower court decisions). This is not a logical fallacy; it is fact. Whether that is a positive or negative progression is a matter of personal perspective, but the progression is there.

Predicting the next (or, if not next, later) step in the progression is more difficult, but there will be a next step, and several steps after that. The "slippery slope" is only a logical fallacy if there is no reliable evidence of a progression or where it may be leading.

This board should know that. Anti-gunners love to call any slippery slope argument a logical fallacy.

 

[Slawburger]

This board should know that. Anti-gunners love to call any slippery slope argument a logical fallacy.

I couldn't rep HoughMade, but I would have.

 

[mbills2223]

I couldn't rep HoughMade, but I would have.

I'll gladly accept the drippings of repz!!!!

ETA: And I got him for you

 

[Expat]

This board should know that. Anti-gunners love to call any slippery slope argument a logical fallacy.

That sounds fellatious to me...

 

[mbills2223]

That sounds fellatious to me...

I wish I were mature enough to not laugh at that...

 

[Expat]

I wish I were mature enough to not laugh at that...

I hope when I hit 60, I will grow up. At least someone got my joke :-)