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LizMoonstar Donating Member (392 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-05 01:48 AM
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Santorum calling Dems Nazis (in Con Idiots this week)
For my first thread, I've decided to waste this occasion to comment, doesn't he know Godwin's law of argument?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law">Wikipedia on the subject, but here's a summary:
Once someone invokes Nazis in a non-WWII/Holocaust/genocide/etc. context for a comparison, they automatically lose the argument.

i.e. Bush kills lots of people and tries to institute fascist totalitarianism = the comparison may be justified, but still seems like hyperbole when there's so many more fun things we could say.
but: Santorum says we're Nazis for trying to use procedure to stop fascism, especially with such a poor defense = he loses.

Hey Rick, don't blame us; the Internets said so!
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TaleWgnDg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-05 02:32 AM
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1. Huh?



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LizMoonstar Donating Member (392 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-23-05 10:21 PM
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2. sorry for confusion - was just trying to make a joke. n/t
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