10-20-2014, 03:59 PM
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Omnivorous
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Originally Posted by RDaneel54
Isn't comparing to the Nazis the ultimate loser argument? It completely destroys any supposedly reasoned argument.
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Ah yes... Goodwin's Law and it's corollary:
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For example, there is a tradition in many newsgroups and other Internet discussion forums that once such a comparison is made, the thread is finished and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost whatever debate was in progress.
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Last edited by jgaiser; 10-20-2014 at 04:00 PM.
Reason: Edit: What TimW said
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