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Argumentum ad antiquitatem

Posted by Errant on 2026-February-21 03:23:21, Saturday
In reply to Phooey 101 posted by Bromios on 2026-February-20 16:47:49, Friday
"it would of course take us straight back to a world where..."

I'm not arguing a slippery slope. I'm pointing out that you're invoking a fallacy that any normie with half a brain could drive truck through. And it should not require any clarification that learning from history entails generalizing its applicability to other time periods, not declaring ad hoc that pederasty only succeeds in a conservative Greco-Roman world.

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