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		maxerickson on Feb 7, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FBI Checks Wrong Box, Places Student on No-Fly Lis... Oh come on, don't pat yourself on the back for not liking Godwin's law when you haven't even bothered to understand what he was saying. It's criticism of people who resort to screaming Hitler when it is not warranted! That idiots have used an observation to shout down conversations is not the fault of the observer.

busterarm on Feb 7, 2014 [–]

Well, for sure. I understand what he was saying and I don't even disagree. I'm just stating plainly that people use Godwin's Law in exactly the manner as what he was criticizing to begin with. It's just become another tool to ruin conversations.

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