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5. I thought Goodwin's Law

Fri Mar 27, 2015, 01:07 PM

Mar 2015

was that when you compare something to the Nazis, you lose the argument.

at least that is what I was going on.

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Does it violate Goodwin's Law [View all] edhopper Mar 2015 OP

how can you say that? guillaumeb Mar 2015 #2

But Eisenhower started the interstate highway system guillaumeb Mar 2015 #7

State religion? rogerashton Mar 2015 #6

I meant the NAZI philosophy itself guillaumeb Mar 2015 #11

Nothing violates Godwin's law. NuclearDem Mar 2015 #3

I thought Goodwin's Law edhopper Mar 2015 #5

That's a popular misconception. NuclearDem Mar 2015 #10

is reductio ad hitlerum guillaumeb Mar 2015 #8

I can't take credit for the wording. NuclearDem Mar 2015 #13

They're not, and so it does. Donald Ian Rankin Mar 2015 #14