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sodo9987 t1_ixkg5x2 wrote

Reply to comment by Forsaken-Original-82 in Brazil's electoral court rejects Bolsonaro election challenge by vitorgrs

Too abusable. Sound in theory but in practice it’s a two way street that opens up abuse.

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Nandy-bear t1_ixl12aq wrote

Slippery slope fallacy. Everything good can be abused by the bad, it's why you have rigorous protections in place to protect it, and when the abuse happens, you fight it.

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rich1051414 t1_ixkiar2 wrote

I don't agree. If the court is fining people for bad faith in bad faith, the issue is much deeper than that single rule, and is neither caused nor leveraged in it's pursuit. Bad faith is bad faith, and should be punished. Arguing it could be used in bad faith is, quite frankly, an argument so weak it is actually hilarious.

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akhier t1_ixkzlkh wrote

If you can't trust the judge to judge, you have deeper problems

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Mr_Poop_Himself t1_ixlk216 wrote

Then we have deeper problems. I have absolutely no faith in the US Supreme Court at this point.

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akhier t1_ixnrohx wrote

Yep, the highest court in the land is compromised and a lot of lower ones as well. We need some kind of reform and I have no clue what the way forward is.

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sodo9987 t1_ixl02ir wrote

I don’t trust our 2 party system.

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akurra_dev t1_ixmciel wrote

Republicans have been using this slippery slope fallacy for decades while literally careening us down the slope of Fascism. Enough of this bullshit: Stomping out Fascism with legal protections and regulations is not a slippery slope, it is protecting freedom from the insidious attacks of Fascists.

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