Godwin's law strikes again

[Panich52]

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Godwin's law strikes again

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Cotton's speech came as congressional Republicans begin to craft their annual budget blueprint for the next fiscal year. War hawks like Cotton are pushing to increase defense spending, putting them at odds with fiscal conservatives, who would rather stick within spending limits set by both parties in 2011.

 -- It Took Tom Cotton Less Than A Minute To Invoke Hitler In First Senate Speech

     by Igor Bobic, huffingtonpost.com -- 03/16/2015

Godwin's Law

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A term that originated on Usenet, Godwin's Law states that as an online argument grows longer and more heated, it becomes increasingly likely that somebody will bring up Adolf Hitler or the Nazis. When such an event occurs, the person guilty of invoking Godwin's Law has effectively forfeited the argument.

Game, Set, Match.  ... Next!


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[bobclark86]

1. Actually, it doesn't mean someone loses...

In many circles, it means the person who resorted to pointing it out couldn't find a better thing to criticize, so they themselves "lose."

Because it's all about "winning," apparently.

[hobbit709]

2. And occasionally a duck is a duck.

[NuclearDem]

3. And once again, someone has invoked the Godwin's Law Law

The longer a discussion goes after Nazis or Hitler have been invoked, the likelihood of someone confusing Godwin's Law with the reductio ad Hitlerum approaches 1.