Conservative host Megyn Kelly suggested that she did not initially believe Jeffrey Epstein was an "actual pedophile" because he reportedly victimized girls aged 15 and older.Kelly spoke to journalist Batya Ungar-Sargon about Epstein on Wednesday after Democrats released emails suggesting President D...
  • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
    13·
    1 day ago

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distinction_without_a_difference

    A distinction without a difference is a type of logical fallacy where an author or speaker attempts to describe a distinction between two things where no discernible difference exists.[1] It is particularly used when a word or phrase has connotations associated with it that one party to an argument prefers to avoid.

    For example, a person might say “I did not lie; I merely stretched the truth a little bit.”[2]

    • Cruel@programming.dev
      14·
      12 hours ago

      So you think the legal punishment for an adult having sex with a 5 year old should be the equivalent to them having sex with a 15 year old? There’s no difference?

      Luckily, the laws in all states disagree with you.

      • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
        2·
        7 hours ago

        That is a bizarre and ungenerous conclusion. Do you think adults having sex with 15 year olds is okay? What point are you trying to make?

        • Cruel@programming.dev
          1·
          4 hours ago

          My point is that there is a difference which is important. People are acting like the two are somehow the same.

          People do the same with rape, acting like all rape is equally bad. When clearly having sex with your drunk wife is not as bad as abducting and violently restraining a stranger to rape them.

          All rape is bad, and that includes all sex with minors. But there are certainly still distinctions to be made.

          • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
            1·
            1 hour ago

            In the context of Trump et al doing rape, I don’t think the distinction presented by Kelly really matters. Any amount of sexual assault and abuse is too much.

            In what way does it matter here? Is some amount of trump rape acceptable? Is it beneficial to anyone other than trump et Al to split this hair?