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Old 08-16-2017, 05:58 AM   #552
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Originally Posted by SebC View Post
A slippery slope argument asks "where do we draw the line, and how?" If we can answer that successfully, then the argument has been addressed. If we don't have a good answer, that's a problem.
A slippery slope argument, by definition, is not a question.

Arguments are made when someone is for or against something, not to ask a question about something.

Slippery slope arguments are also almost always either hyperbolic or reductio ad absurdum arguments. Like the most recent example.
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