The slippery slope fallacy is best described as the idea that one issue will lead to much larger issues. This fallacy suggests that a relatively small first step or action will inevitably lead to a chain of related (and often more severe) events, without sufficient evidence to support that such progression will occur.
What is the slippery slope fallacy?
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the idea of reducing a complex situation to two choices
the idea of reducing a complex situation to two choices
the idea that because something is popular, it must be good
the idea that because something is popular, it must be good
the idea that one issue will lead to much larger issues
the idea that one issue will lead to much larger issues
the idea of making a personal attack on the speaker
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