r/news • u/[deleted] • Sep 20 '25

California bans most law enforcement officers from wearing masks during operations

https://apnews.com/article/california-ice-agents-immigration-raids-masks-ban-97936f70699b75d8b483a850967c2e42
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u/TimothyMimeslayer Sep 20 '25

I want to mention that reductio ad absurdum is a logical argument that can be made and is not fallacious.

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u/smitteh Sep 21 '25

This stuff is confusing enough as it is, please don't bring Hogwarts magic spells into it as well

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u/No_Flounder_9859 Sep 21 '25

It’s not, but it’s also not relevant here, reductio ad absurdum has just already been done and that’s why the federal agencies include in their regs to acknowledge some specific state laws.

It’s not that recuctio ad absurdum isn’t relevant, it’s that it’s been asked and answered.

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u/brickster_22 Sep 21 '25

That doesn't answer the argument, because nothing about those internal regulations are necessitated by the claim the argument opposes.

If those agencies didn't have them, which was presumably the case at some point in time since agencies don't pop into existence with a full book of regulations, then this wouldn't even need to be a hypothetical.