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

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 31 August 2012 09:32:23AM 1 point [-]

So, are the downvotes because these are, or because they are not, exactly what was asked for? And is -3 too much of a hair trigger for the karma fine for replying, or about right?

Comment author: kilobug 31 August 2012 10:19:16AM 0 points [-]

I didn't downvote, but on your 3 examples, only the first one qualifies for me, which can justify downvotes (I didn't because the first one qualifies, making it enough to not be worth a downvote).

"Rethuglican" is not an argument, just a typical pun on words against the ones you don't like, but it doesn't pretend to be a reason to not like republicans, just something democrats say between themselves. It's an happy death spiral, but not a WAitW.

"We are the 99%" doesn't share much of the WAitW features. It doesn't try to sneak in connotations, it doesn't attack an typical example of a cluster by assimilating it with the archetype of the cluster.