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He is alluding that the comment he replied to is using a slippery slope fallacy.

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Slippery_slope

I didn't catch the sarcasm there. Now it makes sense but the parallel he drawn was, in my opinion, still unsuitable.

Actually, it's pretty on point if you get the culture and political references for the UK. One would suspect, without looking, that the OP is British.

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