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SomeRandomWords@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months agoOh but didn’t you know that’s just a slippery slope argument and he’s really just a cool dude and who doesn’t encourage hate or violence? /s
A whole lotta people in this thread who don’t want to acknowledge that this dude is trash, no matter how good or bad their music is.
HawlSera@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I find it amazing how just generalized human thought is, that just because one false slippery slope has been identified as fallacious, that any argument about a slippery slope is therefore a fallacy and less valid. I do not think Humanity will be saved by the existence of any philosophy or movement, because we will always find some way to pervert the movement or apply the teachings in terrible ways.
lolcatnip@reddthat.com 8 months ago
Slippery slope arguments are usually fallacious because they assert that the slope is slippery while providing zero evidence to support their claim.
HawlSera@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Yes, but the fact that slippery slope is taught as fallacy is a problem, because it creates bro dudes who do not actually debate or connect with the material, but merely want to fulfill their fallacy bingo card.
I call this erroneous bullshit the fallacy fallacy. Which is the fallacy that labeling fallacies is all you need to prove your intelligence and win a debate it creates this scenario.
“My doctor says I need to change my diet or I may become diabetic”
The dude bro could then state that this is an appeal to authority fallacy, because our friend here is taking the doctor’s word for it. This conversation could continue and our friend here may say something like
“My aunt ignored her doctor and died of cancer. I best follow my doctor’s advice regardless.”
The dude broke then claim that this is purely anecdotal and is not real evidence of anything.
Obviously this is an extremely ridiculous example, but I wanted to demonstrate what I was talking about.
Pseudoskeptics are very dangerous people, but they get listened to simply because they are quick to denounce new age bullshit, and are very likely to not be religious. When in actuality, they are little better then your average QAnon member when it comes to being able to reliably digest information or worse, acting as a source of misinformation.