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Just shows that invoking Godwin's Law as if it had probative force was nonsense in the first place. Valid principles of reasoning can't be suspended by fiat.
by dempseye 9y ago
Just shows that invoking Godwin's Law as if it had probative force was nonsense in the first place. Valid principles of reasoning can't be suspended by fiat.
- analognoise 9y agoThere...are....FOUR...LIGHTS!
- leereeves 9y agoName calling is not a valid principle of reason.
- dempseye 9y agoNot sure what your point is.
- leereeves 9y ago> Just shows that invoking Godwin's Law as if it had probative force was nonsense in the first place. Valid principles of reasoning can't be suspended by fiat. What is the valid principle of reasoning allegedly suspended by Godwin's Law? Most invocations of the Nazis are nothing more than name calling.
- knieveltech 9y agoThat statement was substantially more accurate 24 months ago when we didn't have organized groups of individuals marching in our cities literally chanting Nazi slogans.
- dragonwriter 9y agoGodwin’s Law wasn't suspended and isn't a principle of reasoning. (Godwin did indicate that a common adaptation of the law, which is a principle [though not a valid one] of reasoning, which is often mislabeled as the law itself, was both overly broad and specifically improper when applied to particular comparisons to the Nazis.)
- dempseye 9y ago> Godwin’s Law... isn't a principle of reasoning Turns out what I was referring to was not the law itself, but a principle that is mislabeled as it, which I object to people using as a "checkmate" move or as a thought-terminating cliché.