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 A slippery slope argument ( SSA ), in logic, critical thinking, political rhetoric, and caselaw, is an argument in which a party asserts that a relatively small first step leads to a chain of related events culminating in some significant (usually negative) effect.

Why we should avoid the ‘slippery slope’

The phrase ‘slippery slope’ is used all the time in public debate, but the argument behind it is a fallacy