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Charlottesville white supremacists are officially exempt from Godwin's Law. (Original Post)
DanTex
Aug 2017
OP
Calling a Nazi a Nazi is always true and accurate, and never hyperbole.
Binkie The Clown
Aug 2017
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Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)1. Calling a Nazi a Nazi is always true and accurate, and never hyperbole.
Godwin's law applies to using "Nazi" hyperbolically.
TomSlick
(11,096 posts)2. When people calls themselves Nazis
it's not a violation of Godwin's law to call them Nazis. When someone tells you who they are, believe them.
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)3. "Charlottesville"
DanTex
(20,709 posts)4. Thanks. Facepalm on my part.
dalton99a
(81,432 posts)5. They are Nazis.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)6. Godwin's law has always been bullshit
Especially the idea that someone "loses" the argument -- no for whatever reason Nazis were mentioned. Far right nationalism is hardly limited to Nazis so I think comparing far right nationalists to far right nationalists is entirely appropriate.