The Slippery Slope
The slippery slope takes the audience into the dangerous realm of the hypothetical. Rather than dealing with an assertion directly, a link is made to the impact of a particular position (without causal proof) resulting in an undesirable outcome. The slippery slope can be used to prey on people's fears. It makes link after link - each scenario worse that the one before.
Short video about Slippery Slope, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaKvgrMYJxI
How it works:
I will state that if we accept one proposition then another, undesirable outcome will surely follow. If we grant our customers a refund without asking questions, every past customer will come out of the woodwork and demand their money back.
Example:
If we make decision to reduce our products, the customers will get less choices. If customers get less choices, they do not want to buy our products. If company experiences loss, the company will bankrupt.
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