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Originally posted by matthew330
"... gay marriage will lead to polygamy and beastiality... "
Yeah no one ever said gay marriage caused polygamy and beastiality.
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Yes. Someone did. That's why we are discussing it. Re-read the thread.
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The ironic thing i'm noticing is people pointing out the inherant fallicies in the "slippery slope" argument when the first time i ever heard the term mentioned on this board (on multiple occasions) was from pro-choice liberals arguing against any form of abortion
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It's also a common defense by NRA 2nd amendment advocates, along the line of "if we allow any gun regulation then the liberals will ban all guns up to and including slingshots." The funny thing is that those people usually favor *some* form of gun control. Say, no guns for convicted child-killer felons on the day they get out of jail.
In the same way, very few abortion advocates favor abortion past the first trimester.
So, in almost every case an "all or nothing" argument is invalid because it really isn't all-or-nothing, people just frame it that way to make it more polarizing.