| Alara317 said: You're not very good at the 'logic' thing, are you? I said nothing about legalizing everything, and especially not pedophilia. Taking something I've said and inflating it to the poind of absurdity is a logical fallacy, either the stawman argument or, in this case, the 'slippery slope fallacy'. There are and will always be limits to how far something can go, and I'm not and never will say that all things should be legal, but there is a progression in this world towards a more inclusive world view. Black folks are...gasp....real people. Women are equals to men, gays don't deserve to be hated for their orientation. These are all insances of progression over the last seventy years, and they all include the basic tenents of individualism in that they treat the individual as an individual and not as a representative of a group. Every case taken on its own. Every person their own and not just part of a collective. Which is exactly what social progression should be, one issue at a time in the right direction. I'm frankly appalled that you're permitted to make such crass claims and push such ludicrously faulty logic to make a point that has no foundation, and you're not being....ahem....lynched for your poor choice of words. And if this is the kind necessary hyperbole that republicans need to do to discredit their detractors, then your party truly is lost, or should be treated with the respect that any equally petty and immature child would be. As in, very little. |
You complain about me using a strawman argument, but then you do the exact same thing. In fact, I did not use a strawman argument, I was merely pointing out the absurdity in your defense of WolfpackN64 when he says that the left always has the way forward. If "there is a progression in this world toward a more inclusive worldview," when is it decided that our worldview is inclusive enough? Apparently you think it doesn't include pedophiles. Others on the left disagree.
"Black folks are... gasp... real people." Did I say anything to the contrary? Strawman.
"Women are equals to men." Again, did I say the opposite? Although this claim is more dubious, since it's blatantly false in a biological sense. I do think that legal equality is fine, but we already have that, and more.
"Gays don't deserve to be hated for their orientation." Contrary to your assumptions, I agree.
As for your last paragraph, you can "wow, just wow" and sling ad hominems at me all you want, but it doesn't disguise the fact that you haven't thought about the implications of your ideology.
