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Originally Posted by donquixote99

There is no such thing as a valid slippery slope argument.

Here a definition of it, as a fallacy, on a university philosophy department site. You know, that bastion of elite liberalism, Texas State: https://www.txstate.edu/philosophy/r...ery-Slope.html

From your link: "In a slippery slope argument, a course of action is rejected because, with little or no evidence, one insists that it will lead to a chain reaction resulting in an undesirable end or ends."

So here is what that means to me: We should not have called the list a slippery slope argument because it contains actual evidence in the line items themselves that have actually happened.

This whole thing is about questioning authority and its motives. I swear, kids today don't even understand what the words, "question authority" even mean. Scott Adams explains why you stop believing everything you hear in the press as you age and acquire experience in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac8OOeaIgFo&t=706s

It's long so I suppose most won't watch it. But it covers it. BTW, the title is "How to Fail at Almost Everything".

And on a side note, these Hoover Institute interviews with Peter Robinson are usually really good.

And try to watch more George Carlin routines.