Friday, January 16, 2009

The Slippery Slope

Often used in conjunction with the appeal to fear, but not necessarily, the slippery slope confuses (willfully or otherwise) one step towards an undesired possibility with many.

Conservatives are often guilty of this, warning that if a liberal is elected we will become a Communist nation overnight, but liberals are also guilty when they equate surveillance with fascism.

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