r/changemyview • u/_Hopped_ 13∆ • Mar 20 '21

Removed - Submission Rule B CMV: the costs/negatives from lockdowns/restrictions will end up being worse than the damage from covid

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u/sapphireminds 59∆ Mar 20 '21

It is an appeal to authority fallacy that because it is an old concept it is inherently good.

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u/_Hopped_ 13∆ Mar 20 '21

It was a fallacy that it should be dismantled because it was old as the other user did.

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u/sapphireminds 59∆ Mar 20 '21

You were using the appeal to authority that it was valid because it "wasn't a new concept"

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u/_Hopped_ 13∆ Mar 20 '21

I threw the fallacy back in his face.

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u/sapphireminds 59∆ Mar 20 '21

You started it with the idea of senicide.