@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 22 days ago"The concern with slavery is the innocence of victim. When that’s removed, it’s no longer controversial. At least it shouldn’t be."news.ycombinator.commessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down13
arrow-up145arrow-down1external-link"The concern with slavery is the innocence of victim. When that’s removed, it’s no longer controversial. At least it shouldn’t be."news.ycombinator.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 22 days agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish17•21 days agoso as I was reading that I was forming a sneer along the lines of “ghosts transcending both time and death to show me the consequences of my worldview is a classical fallacy, checkmate Dickens” but they just fucking go for it there at the end
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish16•21 days agoAppeals to fiction are a fallacy. Not let me explain why X group is bad based on an extremely contrived hypothetical.
so as I was reading that I was forming a sneer along the lines of “ghosts transcending both time and death to show me the consequences of my worldview is a classical fallacy, checkmate Dickens” but they just fucking go for it there at the end
Appeal to thanatority!
Appeals to fiction are a fallacy. Not let me explain why X group is bad based on an extremely contrived hypothetical.