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FiveGoodMen

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13. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it -- Santayana

Reply to Gman (Reply #5)

Wed Jul 11, 2012, 05:59 PM

Jul 2012

Godwin's law is an attempt to ensure that we can't remember the past by forbidding us to talk about it.

It is one of the most despicable ideas there is.

Fuck Godwin.

Fuck his followers.

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Weimar America: Four Major Ways We're Following In Germany's Fascist Footsteps [View all] xchrom Jul 2012 OP

An interesting comparison based on reason and logic. fasttense Jul 2012 #1

I don't think it was RW politicians that helped Hitler to power but rather KurtNYC Jul 2012 #2

Smedley Butler is one of our greatest heroes LiberalEsto Jul 2012 #3

Butler did good but I'm afraid the same people tried again KurtNYC Jul 2012 #8

Wasn't Prescott Bush one of them? LiberalEsto Jul 2012 #9

Allegedly yes. Good documentary on it here (40 minutes) : KurtNYC Jul 2012 #10

I could see Sean Penn doing a movie about his life. yurbud Jul 2012 #11

Don't they have some kind of law that you can't make that comparison? zeemike Jul 2012 #4

Is Godwin's Law becoming obsolete? Gman Jul 2012 #5

How old is that? I think it was obsolete as soon as Bush, Cheney, and Rove came on the scene yurbud Jul 2012 #12

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it -- Santayana FiveGoodMen Jul 2012 #13

Irony. caseymoz Jul 2012 #6

xchrom Diclotican Jul 2012 #7