Decius comments on The noncentral fallacy - the worst argument in the world? - Less Wrong

157 Post author: Yvain 27 August 2012 03:36AM

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Comment author: evand 28 August 2012 02:23:40PM 0 points [-]

It might be worth noting that abortion proponents cluster with death penalty supporters, gun ownership advocates, and generally have a poor record on human rights for e.g. GLBT people. I'm not convinced that they hold the sanctity of life to be equally important for all people generally.

One person's modus ponens is another's modus tollens.

Comment author: Decius 28 August 2012 09:58:11PM 0 points [-]

It would be if it were true.

Those three groups do not tend to cluster, nor do they have the record on human rights that you ascribe to them.

Comment author: mantis 13 September 2012 09:05:58PM 1 point [-]

I think it's pretty obvious that evand mean "abortion opponents," not "abortion proponents." Make that correction and the rest of the comment is accurate.