emstuff, 10 months ago this isn’t necessarily a valid syllogism depending on how you interpret the first premise you could call it: All stupid ideas are had by liberals but it could also be Some stupid ideas are had by liberals and we don’t know which OP meant. if the latter, an I-A-A syllogism is invalid. because the language of the first premise is ambiguous, it cannot be definitely stated that the argument posed by anon is valid
this isn’t necessarily a valid syllogism depending on how you interpret the first premise you could call it:
All stupid ideas are had by liberals
but it could also be
Some stupid ideas are had by liberals
and we don’t know which OP meant. if the latter, an I-A-A syllogism is invalid.
because the language of the first premise is ambiguous, it cannot be definitely stated that the argument posed by anon is valid