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{{quote|"As soon as you label me, or anyone, a bigot, with nothing to support such a toxic charge, you lose the argument. "|'''Robert Avrech'''}} |
{{quote|"As soon as you label me, or anyone, a bigot, with nothing to support such a toxic charge, you lose the argument. "|'''Robert Avrech'''}} |
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{{quote|'''Informant:''' ''General, Italian forces have entered Egypt.'' |
{{quote|'''Informant:''' ''General, Italian forces have entered Egypt.'' |
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'''General:''' ''As I expected. This is a foolish move by Mussolini, but like Hitler he will no doubt force his commanders to--'' |
'''General:''' ''As I expected. This is a foolish move by Mussolini, but like Hitler he will no doubt force his commanders to--'' |
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'''Informant:''' ''Hey, Godwin's Law.'' |
'''Informant:''' ''Hey, Godwin's Law.'' |
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'''General:''' ''Dammit. *[[Beat]]* You know, this may become a problem.''|''[[Xkcd]], [http://xkcd.com/261/ Regarding Mussolini]''}} |
'''General:''' ''Dammit. *[[Beat]]* You know, this may become a problem.''|''[[Xkcd]], [http://xkcd.com/261/ Regarding Mussolini]''}} |
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{{quote|''I was waiting to see how long it would take the increasingly hysterical fans on the Wilco site to mention Volkswagen’s checkered past. It happened on page 11 of the thread and then flared up big time... |
{{quote|''I was waiting to see how long it would take the increasingly hysterical fans on the Wilco site to mention Volkswagen’s checkered past. It happened on page 11 of the thread and then flared up big time... |
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Oh. My. God. Jeff Tweedy IS a Nazi!! Oh crap, now I see that the people condemning him were absolutely right, he has sold us all out! I bet marrying my Jewish sister was just a ruse to further his white supremacist agenda. All that liberal twaddle he spouts at his concerts is just a front ... Dammit, that’s the last time that turncoat comes to our Yom Kippur services!...Have I ruined my chance to get a free Volkswagen?''|[http://dannymiller.typepad.com/blog/2007/05/the_thanks_he_g.html Danny Miller] (Tweedy's brother-in-law), in response to a thread complaining about [[Wilco]] songs in VW ads.}} |
Oh. My. God. Jeff Tweedy IS a Nazi!! Oh crap, now I see that the people condemning him were absolutely right, he has sold us all out! I bet marrying my Jewish sister was just a ruse to further his white supremacist agenda. All that liberal twaddle he spouts at his concerts is just a front ... Dammit, that’s the last time that turncoat comes to our Yom Kippur services!...Have I ruined my chance to get a free Volkswagen?''|[http://dannymiller.typepad.com/blog/2007/05/the_thanks_he_g.html Danny Miller] (Tweedy's brother-in-law), in response to a thread complaining about [[Wilco]] songs in VW ads.}} |
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{{quote|'''Krebs:''' ''In most countries of the world your name is synonymous with pure evil. In Germany itself it is basically illegal to say your name out loud. Few would argue that you remain the most infamous and ruthless dictator the world has ever seen.'' |
{{quote|'''Krebs:''' ''In most countries of the world your name is synonymous with pure evil. In Germany itself it is basically illegal to say your name out loud. Few would argue that you remain the most infamous and ruthless dictator the world has ever seen.'' |
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'''Hitler:''' ''I don't care about that shit. [[Creator Provincialism|I want to know what the Americans think about me.]]''<br /> |
'''Hitler:''' ''I don't care about that shit. [[Creator Provincialism|I want to know what the Americans think about me.]]''<br /> |
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'''Krebs:''' ''Mein Führer... The people...''<br /> |
'''Krebs:''' ''Mein Führer... The people...''<br /> |
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{{quote|"You're a fascist Mr. [[George W. Bush|Bush]]! Resign!|'''[[Keith Olbermann]]''', special comment in 2007.}} |
{{quote|"You're a fascist Mr. [[George W. Bush|Bush]]! Resign!|'''[[Keith Olbermann]]''', special comment in 2007.}} |
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{{quote|''Re, re, re your post, |
{{quote|''Re, re, re your post, |
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Gently down the thread |
Gently down the thread |
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Hitler and Stalin and Godwin and Nazis |
Hitler and Stalin and Godwin and Nazis |
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Now the horse is dead...''|'''"ClassicDrogn"''', on the [http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com Drunkard's Walk Forums], 2/26/06}} |
Now the horse is dead...''|'''"ClassicDrogn"''', on the [http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com Drunkard's Walk Forums], 2/26/06}} |
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{{quote|'''Ratbert:''' I'm debating on the internet! Ha ha! I'm winning every argument by saying the same thing! |
{{quote|'''Ratbert:''' I'm debating on the internet! Ha ha! I'm winning every argument by saying the same thing! |
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'''[[Dilbert]]:''' What's that? |
'''[[Dilbert]]:''' What's that? |
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'''Ratbert:''' "How would you like it if Hitler killed you?" |
'''Ratbert:''' "How would you like it if Hitler killed you?" |
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'''Dilbert:''' ''(annoyed)'' Hey, I debated you last night!|'''[[Dilbert]]''', [http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2006-10-28/ 10-28-2006]}} |
'''Dilbert:''' ''(annoyed)'' Hey, I debated you last night!|'''[[Dilbert]]''', [http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2006-10-28/ 10-28-2006]}} |
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{{quote|''Don't have time to make a protest sign? We've got you covered. We have "I disagree with you but I'm pretty sure you're not Hitler"...'' |Announcing the Rally to Restore Sanity.}} |
{{quote|''Don't have time to make a protest sign? We've got you covered. We have "I disagree with you but I'm pretty sure you're not Hitler"...'' |Announcing the Rally to Restore Sanity.}} |
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{{quote|'''Jon''':...wait, your advice for my rally to restore ''sanity'' is to copy ''Hitler''!?! |
{{quote|'''Jon''':...wait, your advice for my rally to restore ''sanity'' is to copy ''Hitler''!?! |
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'''Larry Wilmore''': Hey, that's what they're gonna call you ''anyway''!|On points of style for mass rallies.}} |
'''Larry Wilmore''': Hey, that's what they're gonna call you ''anyway''!|On points of style for mass rallies.}} |
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Revision as of 12:47, 8 August 2014
LuigiMaster: It's especially depressing too that I looked up to you and you react like a fucking Nazi. —A MUGEN Genesis Forum Conversation
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"Feminazi."
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"The word Fascism has now no meaning except in so far as it signifies 'something not desirable.'"
—George Orwell, "Politics and the English Language", 1946
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"As soon as you label me, or anyone, a bigot, with nothing to support such a toxic charge, you lose the argument. "
—Robert Avrech
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Informant: General, Italian forces have entered Egypt. |
I was waiting to see how long it would take the increasingly hysterical fans on the Wilco site to mention Volkswagen’s checkered past. It happened on page 11 of the thread and then flared up big time... —Danny Miller (Tweedy's brother-in-law), in response to a thread complaining about Wilco songs in VW ads.
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Krebs: In most countries of the world your name is synonymous with pure evil. In Germany itself it is basically illegal to say your name out loud. Few would argue that you remain the most infamous and ruthless dictator the world has ever seen. |
I realize that you're just stating an opinion, but what you're doing is going back to World War II all over again. Hitler wanting to erase Jews from society -- you want to erase Justin Bieber...
—A Justin Bieber fan responds to the creation of a tool for blocking him on the internet.
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You know the rule - all debate ends when it gets to Hitler.
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"I mean, that's the morality of the Holocaust. 'Well, it's only a small percentage,' you know. 'I mean, it's not you, it's somebody else.'"
—Grover Norquist, on the inheritance tax.
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"And what hyperbolic discussion is complete without bringing in Hitler?"
—Cracked, 6 Innocent-Sounding Topics That Are Guaranteed Flame Wars" (4 of the examples have Godwin's Law demonstrations!)
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"Hitler was a good person among his friends (if he had any), maybe he didn't mean to do what he did as well?" |
"You're a fascist Mr. Bush! Resign!
—Keith Olbermann, special comment in 2007.
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Re, re, re your post, —"ClassicDrogn", on the Drunkard's Walk Forums, 2/26/06
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Ratbert: I'm debating on the internet! Ha ha! I'm winning every argument by saying the same thing! |
From The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Jon: You know who was Hitler?... Hitler! |
It's "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon", except there's just one degree, and Kevin Bacon is Hitler.
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Don't have time to make a protest sign? We've got you covered. We have "I disagree with you but I'm pretty sure you're not Hitler"...
—Announcing the Rally to Restore Sanity.
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Jon:...wait, your advice for my rally to restore sanity is to copy Hitler!?! —On points of style for mass rallies.
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"See? Y'see what he did right there? He set up the moral equivalency between ending the filibuster and...the HOLOCAUST!"
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Ur Example
"Previously the Mormons had been denominating Indians to be the 'Lost Tribes of Israel'. Hitler is kidnapping them."
—John Collier, on Goebbels' claim that the Sioux were Aryan
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