
“Are you seriously comparing Trump to Obama? Really? Really?! That’s ludicrous. That’s irrational.”
Yes, in a certain sense it is irrational to compare a blazing inferno to the pile of dry wood doused in gasoline inches away from a lit match from which that inferno emerged.
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While we’re on the topic of irrationality, it is interesting how casually “slippery slope” and سد الذرائع arguments are dismissed as irrational paranoia and even a kind of conspiracy theorizing. When you raise the alarm about something early on, you are dismissed, maligned, labeled, etc. Then when disaster strikes, it is *you* who are the insensitive, rude person for pointing out the fact that things were on a clear set path from the beginning.
"Are you seriously comparing Trump to Obama? Really? Really?! That's ludicrous. That's irrational."Yes, in a certain…
Posted by Daniel Haqiqatjou on Tuesday, November 15, 2016