Slippery Slope Fallacy
- dejongistani
- Jul 5, 2017
- 1 min read
Sally Kohn said it's not OK that Trump tweeted a video of him acting in a wrestling event because next time it could be hurting someone and then it could lead to actual violence. This is a great example of the slippery slope fallacy. It is as if the actual violence perpetrated by those opposing Trump is now justified because a staged wresting event in which Trump appeared was appropriated to illustrate the conflict that exists between Trump and CNN.
Definition: The slippery slope fallacy
Brad Woodhouse says that "defending western civilization in and of itself are not words that would raise alarm bells". He contends that it's the person writing the speech, ad hominem covered in a previous post, and the person giving the speech that will lead to white nationalism and the rise of white supremacy if Trump defends the positive outcomes of western civilization.
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