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That's not, like, how arguments work? You don't just get to say "it's a slippery slope, it'll expand to include you, Q.E.D."

Parent asked what the slippery slope argument to be had here was, and aazaa responded with the answer to that question. Why are you confused?

I could already be fired for far less important reasons. Where’s the slope?

I think the purported slope is that currently you can be fired at the whim of your boss (who presumably knows you well), but in the future you might be fired at the whim of a blogger (who has never met you). You have only one boss to keep happy, which is stressful but substantially under your control. Giving equivalent power to myriad bloggers scares people because there is less accountability and more possibility of false accusations.

I don’t know. I don’t say gross things about women and I still manage to have a job.