goodwins law is bollocks. people act like comparing things to hitler is soo unreasonable but like shits getting hella hitler these days
I canāt even.
Itās a polar extreme, one which is rendered less effective each time itās just bandied about at the drop of a hat to emphasize a point.
However, thatās not the real fuckery here;
Whatās really messed up is that anyone who could make freakinā Hitler look better posthumously must be seriously fucking insidious, and even worse, the ex grand wizard probably meant that remark as a compliment.
I still love Clint Eastwoodās contributions to film, but knowing heās a Trump supporter (or was as of last summer) makes it a lot harder to pull off the ācompartmentalizationā thing.
Well, Adolph wasnāt all bad. After all, he did kill Hitlerā¦
Thanks;
I was going for facetiousness, as well as the disgusted facial expression, because I remember all too well the bizarre āEmpty Chairā speech.
0.o
Somehow, even then I suspected that it was just the tip of the iceberg of ācrazyā that has become this election cycle.
As far as ācompartmentalizingā goes, I just do what people like that do to me; I pretend that as real people, they donāt even exist.
It works surprisingly well.
That makes a few times Iāve heard of a āReverse Godwinā but each time it was something different. Is it a comparison that makes Hitler seem better somehow, or comparing someone to a person comparing someone to Hitler? Or is it relating yourself to Hitler?
All of the above, I guess. Maybe we are starting to find that as the internet goes on, the probability of something being compared to Godwinās Law approaches one? Ha, probably not, itās hard to think of a precedent for that kind of rule.
Disclaimer: Pedantism taking place here.
Trump has killed, to our knowledge, 0 Jews thus far.
In fact, with Sanders in the race, I am actually really surprised at the lack of Anti-Semitism. Have we come that far, or is that actually a bad sign that Trump doesnāt take him seriously as a contender?
You didnāt see Trumpās AIPAC speech? Or the Trump rally where the speaker said that āBernie gotta get saved, he gotta meet Jesusā?
Neither are quite the level I was expecting. Both fall short compared to what heās said about Mexicans.
And certainly fall far short of Hitler comparisons.
Hm, that depends on what you think he meant when he said āmeet jesus.ā
Sure. Trump seems ready to buy into stereotypes about pretty much anyone, but some stereotypes are more negative than others.
Technically, I believe thatās a meta-Godwin.
@anon75430791 remember heās a New Yorker. Heās probably met his share of Jews.
Presumably and of Mexicans, though he might not have noticed them.
By the same token, I donāt think Iāve ever heard him deny killing a bunch of Jews back in 1990.
Are we talking about film stars or politicians here?
There was a checkout magazine over here in the UK that used have the tag line, āā¦ celebrities and real people.ā
Agree entirely. I have thought this for years now. At best it has become outdated (maybe was relevant decades ago) at worst it is a form of preemptive censorship. It has outlived whatever small usefulness it may have had originally. Also, context is important, Godwin is context agnostic and that is also just plain dumb.
This is purely anecdotal but whilst New York isnāt Mexican free - I see way less of them when Iām there than most west coast or southern states (Iāve been to every continental state). I think its just geographical that there arenāt as many families among them that moved there (and the rent does suck after all).
