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Godwin's law or actually so? I remember when trump was running the first time, many respected users of hacker news advocated for the suspension of Godwin's law
by thinkingemote 7y ago
Godwin's law or actually so?
I remember when trump was running the first time, many respected users of hacker news advocated for the suspension of Godwin's law because "this time he's actually a nazi"
Figuratively Vs literally goes out the window if emotions run high.
It's ironic because that is "literally" what Godwin's law is about.
- littlestymaar 7y agoInterestingly enough, I didn't write “litteraly” but “basically”. You are attacking a strawman here("figuratively" so ;). And you probably should check what's Godwin's law again. Godwin had nothing against calling Nazis Nazis. If I say “Anders Breivik and Brenton Tarrent are Nazis” do you have a problem with that too because they don't have their Nazi parti membership card? Maybe we should stop calling Hitler “fascist” because he didn't belong to the Italian Fascist party either… Stefan Molyneux writes and talks about the superiority of the “white” race, believed that there's a conspiracy to erase it from earth (the white genocide stuff) and that something (guess what…) must be done to stop it. If that doesn't count as Nazi in your book, I am sorry.
- dredmorbius 7y agoMr. Godwin wants a word: https://web.archive.org/web/20170814022147/https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10154965671861483&id=1 https://web.archive.org/web/20170814022147/https://m.faceboo... https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/12/14/sure-call-trump-a-nazi-just-make-sure-you-know-what-youre-talking-about/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/12/14/...