Broccoli Argument
the attempt during a debate to use a comparison between two weakly related items to make a point that any intelligent individual would immediately dismiss as laughable.
jon used the broccoli argument to counter critics of abortion by saying: “just to be on the safe side, don’t m-st-rb-t- anymore, you’ll be committing genocide when you throw the tissue away”
justice antonin scalia originated the broccoli argument while debating the affordable healthcare for america act: “could you define the market — everybody has to buy food sooner or later, so you define the market as food, therefore, everybody is in the market; therefore, you can make people buy broccoli” –
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