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GregS
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Date: June 26, 2018 08:24AM
It is true that the "slippery slope" argument can be overused, and that it lends itself to reductio ad absurdum. But at least one person, quoted in an NPR story, has already telegraphed that there are more steps to be taken down the slope. How many steps will be taken before they say they've gone far enough?
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/25/623184440/little-house-on-the-controversy-laura-ingalls-wilders-name-removed-from-book-awa"Debbie Reese, a scholar and the founder of American Indians In Children's Literature, tweeted that the vote to change the award's name was a 'significant and historic moment' but still only a step. 'There are many more, ahead of us. The backlash to the change is already evident.'"
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/26/2018 08:42AM by GregS.