Politics 101: What is Godwin's law?
source: http://www.examiner.com/x-4383-Portland-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m8d11-Politics-101-What-is...
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What do you think when someone starts to compare others or their ideas to Nazis?
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- Politics, Nazi, Godwin's Law
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Nephwrack
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bad photoshop job, there's supposed to be a pic of hannity there.
- 2 years ago
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Nephwrack
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Argon18
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_law
It certainly seems like Godwin's Law and Moore's Law are being merged since the time in the discussion for that comparison is becoming shorter and shorter as the internet grows.
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Argon18
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dariusvons
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wow... what an apt comparison. all the more reason to dismiss it eh.?
- 2 years ago
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dariusvons
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metalcookiesxy70
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Since there there so many people who would express such things in their anger, then they would express some forbidden things(Like all humans do) to compare, simply because they are afraid...
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metalcookiesxy70
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Panzer_Tanzler
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Nazis were pretty snappy dressers. Anyone else notice that?
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Panzer_Tanzler
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jayrye
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Panzer_Tanzler:
Let's just say the Nazi's had a lot of seamstresses.
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jayrye
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It depends on the context of the conversation. If a leader is clearly being genocidal, then Godwin-ing might be a logical course of action. However, comparing any change in legislation to Hitler's politics is not rational. A part doesn't make a whole, and a political tendency does not make a person into Hitler.
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