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intheflow

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2. What the fuck is Godwin's Law?

Reply to lastlib (Original post)

Wed Oct 1, 2025, 01:13 PM

Oct 1

Yes, I could look it up, and I'm right there with you and Prof. Britt, but seriously. If your headline references a obscure phrase that undergirds your entire post, the least you could do define it for us.

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Godwin's Law is hereby repealed. [View all] lastlib Oct 1 OP

I had to look up Godwin's Law. ananda Oct 1 #1

What the fuck is Godwin's Law? intheflow Oct 1 #2

It's an enduring internet trope that holds that whoever invokes Nazis/Nazism/Hitler.... lastlib Oct 1 #3

Ain't from around here? intheflow Oct 1 #5

IIRC Godwin revoked this himself many years ago... Wounded Bear Oct 1 #4

You are correct... IrishAfricanAmerican Oct 1 #6