# Simpsons Logical Fallacies: Slippery Slope

**Channel:** Colburn Classroom
**Source:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wylfMowmNhc
**Transcript page:** https://www.withtranscript.ai/video/wylfMowmNhc

## Chapters

- 0:00 — Defining the Slippery Slope Fallacy
- 0:18 — Bart's Vampire Joke Escalates
- 0:53 — Why The Argument Is Fallacious
- 1:28 — Closing Call To Subscribe

## Transcript

**[0:00] Speaker A:** Slippery slope occurs when a person argues that one thing will inevitably result in another.

**[0:18] Speaker B:** Come join us, Lisa. It's so cool. You get to stay up all night drinking blood. And if you say you're a vampire, you get a free small soda at the movies. No, no, Lisa, it's not like you have a choice here.

**[0:39] Speaker C:** How many times have I told you not to bite your sis? Wait a minute. You are a vampire. Quick, we have to kill the boy.

**[0:47] Speaker B:** How'd you know he's a vampire?

**[0:49] Speaker C:** He's a vampire.

**[0:53] Speaker B:** Homer, we gotta do something. Today he's drinking people's blood. Tomorrow he could be smoking.

**[0:59] Speaker A:** In this clip, Homer and Marge fear that Bart's becoming a vampire will lead to him smoking. They fear that one act against social norms will inevitably lead to others, even though the two have nothing to do with each other.

**[1:14] Speaker A:** In reality, drinking blood will not necessarily lead to smoking cigarettes. By assuming that one action or event will have disastrous consequences, or Homer and Marge commit the slippery slope fallacy.

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