You seem to be operating under a popular misunderstanding of what Godwin said. Godwin said, merely, that if the discussion goes on long enough, eventually the

You seem to be operating under a popular misunderstanding of what Godwin said. Godwin said, merely, that if the discussion goes on long enough, eventually the nazi era will be mentioned. He never said it was always inappropriate to mention it, nor that those who mention it are always wrong, etc. The popularity of "Godwin's Law" (especially this incorrect interpretation) has lead to a lot of people denying that anything in the US (or any online discussion) could be accurately compared to anything that happened in Germany. Which is silly, but just another case of "when america does it, it's different."