Nazis, O’Reilly, and Godwin’s Law

Posted on March 9, 2008 by Lance

More on Godwin’s law for those who might be unaware of it.

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6 Responses to “Nazis, O’Reilly, and Godwin’s Law”

  1. Fooser, on March 9th, 2008 at 1:30 pm Said:

    Media Matters is a bunch of nazi’s

  2. Scott M., on March 9th, 2008 at 11:52 pm Said:

    I just have to scratch my head every time I hear him say “far left-wing Nazi.” It’s like saying “far right-wing communists.” Those darn those radical conservative socialists!

  3. peaclver, on March 11th, 2008 at 9:36 am Said:

    The problem with stating that there are far left Nazi’s that are comparable to the Nazi’s in the 1940’s is that Americans in the 1940 who approved the Nazi’s then were Conservatives who believed in isolationism.

    This is just another ploy by O’Reilly to sell his books and get better ratings for his TV and radio shows. The only thing BIll looks out for is himself.

  4. darvish, on March 11th, 2008 at 11:07 am Said:

    O’Reilly is a Nazi in badly tailored right wing sheep’s clothing. What a depressing man he is.

  5. em, on March 11th, 2008 at 11:19 am Said:

    well well, i think i know where the liberals are…

  6. americandust, on March 11th, 2008 at 1:16 pm Said:

    I don’t believe Godwin ever actually said the person to use the analogy has lost the debate at that point. In fact, he has lamented that his “law” has been used to dismiss acurate comparisons to Nazi tactics.

    The law itself is pretty much based on the fact that the longer an arguement goe on (and it was intended JUST for online purposes) the more likely an analogy will be used. The reasoning is obvious… eventually when the two arguing get tired of the other not listening (by that they mean immediately taking thier side) they will then attack the other. It is the attacks on each other that will usually lead to a nazi analogy.

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