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Re:Amicus brief on behalf of 97 tech companies by lucasverra on Monday February 06, 2017 @04:23AM (#13577875)
Good ol' Godwin's law, I've missed you
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Re:Amicus brief on behalf of 97 tech companies by tzmudzin on Monday February 06, 2017 @06:57AM (#13578633)
So should we forget the Holocaust and WWII because of Godwin?

Please note I've been very careful to put things into perspective here...

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Re:Amicus brief on behalf of 97 tech companies by scottmf on Monday February 06, 2017 @08:24AM (#13579173)
>If you're thoughtful about it and show some real awareness of history, go ahead and refer to Hitler when you talk about Trump. Or any other politician

-Mike Godwin

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Re:Amicus brief on behalf of 97 tech companies by User23 on Monday February 06, 2017 @03:48PM (#13583733)
The only time I've seen this is in well thought out articles demonstrating that Trump is absolutely nothing like Hitler. Here is a good example: https://regiehammblog.wordpress.com/2017/02/01/this-hitler-n...

Anyone reading this who feels a powerful urge to jump in and demonstrate their confirmation bias in a reply is invited to stop, take a deep breath, and think about it first.

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