Godwin's Law DISPROVEN

[MNBrewer]

At least in the formulation as usually used, i.e., that any comparison to Nazis automatically invalidates an argument.

Sometimes they really ARE like Nazis.

"Russian actor says gay people should be burned alive as ‘a danger’ to his children"

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/12/13/russian-actor-says-gay-people-should-be-burned-alive-as-a-danger-to-his-children/

"A Russian sitcom actor has caused controversy by telling fans this week that he thinks gay people are “a living danger” to his children, and that he would burn all gay people alive.

Ivan Okhlobystin addressed fans of the Russian show ‘Interns’, which is directly influenced by the US show ‘Scrubs’, in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, reports The Moscow Times.

“I’d put them all alive in the oven … it’s a living danger to my children,” he was quoted to have said, going on to rant about “gay fascism”, and, calling gay people “faggots” and a “physical anomaly”, saying they should be stripped of voting rights."

[rock]

1. Godwin's Law always struck me as specious

[MNBrewer]

2. I think the original formulation still holds, i.e.,

that the probability of a Nazi comparison approaches 1 as the length of an internet thread increases.

[uriel1972]

3. Worse than the Nazi's in some respects...

"Alive in the oven" how charming.