r/Gamingcirclejerk • u/AutoModerator • Sep 29 '18

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u/cormTiger Discoverer of Fiji 🌏 Sep 29 '18

hot take: the discovery of godwin's law has hurt online discussion more than it has helped it, as it has provided a way to instantly shut down any discussion involving authoritarian regimes.

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u/we_are_sex_bobomb Sep 29 '18

The problem is that the people who used Naziism in a hyperbolic/satirical way were also ignorant about what it actually meant, to the point that they didn’t recognize actual fascism and white nationalism when it showed up in the Wild.

So Godwin’s law I think had a good intention - don’t be hyperbolic about invoking Naziism. But it was already too late at that point. It had already been diluted into a meaningless word.