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"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)

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

Appeal to thanatority!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

Appeals to fiction are a fallacy. Not let me explain why X group is bad based on an extremely contrived hypothetical.