Godwins

These days, "Godwins" is shorthand for a gratuitous introduction of a comparison so extreme it derails rational discourse.

Readercon 16: Day 1 2005

He invoked Godwins law by advancing the Nazi angle in to the free speech debate and all Kate has done is short circuited his attempt to misdirect the free speech debate by sending him the image, with enough rope to allow Mr. K to hang himself with, thus making himself a fool in the process.

Small Dead Animals And Kinsella Holocaust Victims « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008

… BTW Give that girl the Godwins law prize for today. .come on shake it up baby … and pop that cork …

Felling A Bit Fisky Newmania 2007

… BTW Give that girl the Godwins law prize for today. .come on shake it up baby … and pop that cork …

Archive 2007-09-01 Newmania 2007

… BTW Give that girl the Godwins law prize for today. .come on shake it up baby … and pop that cork …

Archive 2007-09-02 Newmania 2007

The elder Godwins installed a “rape gate” to seal off their bedrooms in case their home was invaded.

2007 June 06 « One-Minute Book Reviews 2007

Congrats to Bob Piper on winning the 'Godwins Law' medal tonight...

Lots of nonsense on organ donations from Liberal Conspiracy and elsewhere 2008

Or is it a perverted Godwins Law that discussions of which bad guys also like the films you like inevitably going to lead to Hitler and how much he enjoyed Rin-Tin-Tin shorts?

America proven frivolous. Ann Althouse 2008

There's got to be a corollary to Godwins rule here: after 10 posts, LOS invariably wants someone to fellate him.

Woody Allen's favorites of his own films are "The Purple Rose of Cairo," "Match Point," and "Husbands and Wives"... Ann Althouse 2007

Surely, Godwins law is about to be invoked, if it hasn't been already.

Eric Alterman contemplates whether he has "the typical liberal tendency toward fascism." Ann Althouse 2007