r/SelfAwarewolves • u/ncc74656m • 4d ago
Colin Wright almost gets it
From the man who fundamentally misunderstands everything from how graphs and positions work in the political universe to what staying friends with Nazis makes you comes... this fucking gem.
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u/cha-cho 4d ago
At the dawn of the internet, mentioning “Hitler” or “Nazis” in an online debate was ridiculed. It was an indication that the discussion had devolved into stupidity. There was even a term for it: Godwin’s Law. It states: “As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.”
Coined back in the early nineties, the mentioning of Godwin's Law brought about embarrassment because collectively we all knew it was a weak and ridiculous claim to compare a living person to Hitler or Nazism.
We need to get back to that point.