I have always read it as intentionally ironic commentary on the ‘slippery slope’ more than anything else.
I read it more specifically as a parody of moral slipperyslopism, in which slight moral infractions lead to the worst sort of behavior.
Arguably, we live in an era strongly shaped by revulsion at moral slipperyslopism.
I have always read it as intentionally ironic commentary on the ‘slippery slope’ more than anything else.
I read it more specifically as a parody of moral slipperyslopism, in which slight moral infractions lead to the worst sort of behavior.
Arguably, we live in an era strongly shaped by revulsion at moral slipperyslopism.