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Originally Posted by willravel
If you don't think Godwin's Law doesn't apply to what you said, you need to reread what Godwin's Law means. You compared buring a flag to dressing like Hitler. "As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one." Did your comparison involve Hitler? Yes.
The idea behind the Godwin's law is that beacuse WWII and the Nazi final solution were so horrific that comparing them to anything in a discussion disrespects holocaust survirors.
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Which is why your invocation of Godwin is inaccurate. Here is an example of a Godwin-esque statement:
Conservative: The Patriot Act has prevented a terrorist attack on American soil for the last 5 years.
Liberal: And Hitler made the trains run on time!!! (It was actually Mussolini, but you get the idea.)
Here is the type of statement that you confuse for a Godwin: "Hitler was a highly significant figure in the 20th century."
If you wish to continue to try to suppress any reference to Hitler, Nazis, or World War II, I suppose you are welcome to your philosophy, illogical as it may be. However, I will not avoid mentioning his name for fear that someone will type "Godwin! Godwin!" once their knee stops jerking.
Now let's reduce the argument to the subject matter.
Is it your position that teachers should be allowed to burn flags, but NOT to appear in class in blackface, or dressed as Hitler?
Either some things are too offensive occur in classrooms, or to paraphrase Orwell, "Some animals are more offensive than others."
So far, you appear to support taking selective offense. I think classrooms should not take political sides, and none of the above should occur there.