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lifeonqueen) wrote2009-09-03 05:20 pm
lifeonqueen) wrote2009-09-03 05:20 pm
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Dissenting from Godwin's
I am quite irrationally irked that the "Determining When to Compare Someone to Hitler" chart posted to my flist (h/t ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
voleuse) is polemical and not, in fact, an actual examination of when it's appropriate to compare someone to Hitler. Not that it's reasonable to expect someone who regards socialized healthcare as Nazism on the march (and srsly WTF?!) to appreciate the fallacy of reductio ad Hitlerum but pouring snark on stupid seems equally ineffective.
voleuse) is polemical and not, in fact, an actual examination of when it's appropriate to compare someone to Hitler. Not that it's reasonable to expect someone who regards socialized healthcare as Nazism on the march (and srsly WTF?!) to appreciate the fallacy of reductio ad Hitlerum but pouring snark on stupid seems equally ineffective.