I Don't Want to be Right

[Archon_Wing]

Seems you can't even mention Hitler's name anymore, regardless of context, w/o someone screaming "Godwin's Law!!!"

It's become ridiculous (at least in cyberspace) to the point where it has become a tautology. But as I see it, Godwin's Law was never legitimate anyways. For there are times when a comparison to Hitler or Nazism is pretty fair or even downright accurate. Which would discredit "Godwin's Law" as even being a law at all. All it is now is a code phrase to justify racism, sexism, or try to discredit someone's point no matter how correct they may be.

I have at one point even been considering writing a book about this. So much I get annoyed by this supposed 'law' of Godwin.

Id much rather discuss about the point in history where it was actually allowed by the internet community to compare Hitler with Hitler.

1926? 1933? 1938? 1945?


If you are only allowed to compare something to anther thing which is exactly equally bad or gruesome or wrong you can never compare things anymore.


I think it requires intelligence and a good view on people to be able to compare someone to Hitler before this person actually becomes a homicidal dictator......you know, if we can't what stops a homicidal dictator from again grabbing power and commit genocide.

While it was more of a joke than anything, it's actually a relevant argument against ridiculous hyperbole.

"We need more regulations for this..."
"So did Hitler!"

There are of course times when it's proper to compare stuff to Hitler when the need be, but the majority of stuff isn't.

It's obviously stupid to dismiss an argument solely based on it, just it is to casually compare stuff to fascism or what not. Interestingly, people that invoke it anyways are doing the same kind of stupidity from another end. But then "I win" buttons are usually the delusions of the foolish. Besides the original notion was that all discussions will inevitably go that way, not that it's inherently invalid. Mostly, this is another case of people interpreting words without meaning.