This year, Oculus has sold more headsets than Microsoft did Xboxes

Re:This year, Oculus has sold more headsets than Microsoft d... by rosndo on Sunday December 26, 2021 @08:04AM (#29692083)

Exactly, no comparisons have been made here.

Edit in response to your edit:

> GP compares gamers to right wing ideologues. QED

It really doesn’t, there’s no suggestion that gamers are similar to right wing ideologues.

The comment just points out the fact that a specific group of gamers has decided to borrow Nazi terminology for the name of their group, it does not imply that the gamers and nazis are similar or even somehow comparable.

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Re:This year, Oculus has sold more headsets than Microsoft d... by rusk on Sunday December 26, 2021 @08:05AM (#29692089)

An exact comparison was made between the use of the terms master race in nazi ideology and the naming of a modern technology movement.

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Re:This year, Oculus has sold more headsets than Microsoft d... by rosndo on Sunday December 26, 2021 @08:16AM (#29692157)

It’s not a comparison, simply an observation that the “modern technology movement” has deliberately chosen to borrow Nazis terminology. I’m not comparing them to the Nazis in any way.

This is an understandable mistake, Godwin’s law is frequently abused.

The man himself has frequently criticised people for abusing his “law” in the way you’re doing now.

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Re:This year, Oculus has sold more headsets than Microsoft d... by rusk on Sunday December 26, 2021 @08:45AM (#29692302)

Well, I guess it’s up to you how you want to delineate the appropriateness of the terminology, but a less mathematical application is still appropriate.

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