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arrow-up1135arrow-down1external-linkLadybird web browser now funded by GitHub co-founder, promises ‘no code’ from rivalsdevclass.comRecant@beehaw.org to Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square160fedilink
minus-squareRimu@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoThis is known as a “false dichotomy” and is very lame.
minus-squareSteve@communick.newslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIs it? Are you saying you would support bad people under the right circumstances?
minus-squareRimu@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoEnjoy this excellent web page: https://www.logical-fallacy.com/articles/false-dilemma/
minus-squareSteve@communick.newslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoI’m fully aware, and disagree. Someone else called it a Slippery Slope. That’s closer, but still not quite right. It’s actually Reductio ad Absurdum. Which is a useful thought exorcise when analyzing many ideas.
This is known as a “false dichotomy” and is very lame.
Is it?
Are you saying you would support bad people under the right circumstances?
Enjoy this excellent web page:
https://www.logical-fallacy.com/articles/false-dilemma/
I’m fully aware, and disagree.
Someone else called it a Slippery Slope. That’s closer, but still not quite right.
It’s actually Reductio ad Absurdum.
Which is a useful thought exorcise when analyzing many ideas.