Thread by @HNIJohnMiller

1) I.... actually really disagree with this article. The crux of the article's argument is that Godwin's Law was being used as a tool to suppress speech and free thought.

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2) The initial logic pans out. It stated that there were situations occurring, such as Planned Parenthood's vivisection of fetuses and selling off portions of them, that were barbaric and deserved comparison to Mengele, the Nazi scientist known for cruel experiments on children

3) However, even as the author of the article briefly covers that Godwin initially proposed the law to prevent lazy arguments and rigid thinking like calling everyone who disagreed with you a Nazi, the author then tosses that claim aside

4) INSTEAD, they argue, Godwin's Law was being used to SUPPRESS free speech by limiting the use of Nazis and Hitler as comparisons, which is counter-intuitive as the problem that existed when Godwin's Law was first proposed...

5) Was that comparisons to Nazis and Hitler were being used to suppress free speech. The author THEN goes on to claim that because of Godwin's law, everyone forgot about how bad the Nazis and Hitler were because people weren't allowed to mention them any more.

6) This too is farcical. What instead happened was in our public schools the past 2 decades, from NCLB and Common Core, History was MASSIVELY devalued as a course, with Reading, Science, and Math becoming the main focus.

7) Plus, the minute the History Channel started doing shows about Bigfoot hunting, Native Americans hanging out with aliens, and pawn shops, well, there went the other readily available source of information regarding Hitler and the Nazis.

8) Quite honestly, I think instead of allowing Godwin's Law to continue to be ditched, we need to bring it back in force.

9) It is absolutely idiotic that its been allowed to sit unused for as long as it has. The core thesis around Godwin's Law was that once someone had to revert to using Hitler or Nazis, they didn't actually HAVE a deeper argument.

10) Right now, I think that is EXACTLY the case. SJWs, Democrats, fucking Socialists, they don't HAVE a deeper argument beyond calling us Nazis.

11) So right here, right now, I would like to propose Godwin's Law 2.0

12) In the course of a public debate, the chances of a comparison to Nazis, Hitler, etc approaches 1. When it does so, the one who made the comparison has one opportunity to reveal some deeper argument to support the comparison. Lacking one, they have immediately lost the debate.

13) How do you apply this? Simple. Seek out anyone making the Nazi comparison, and demand a deeper reflection. "Why is this a Nazi thing to do?" "What evidence do you have that what you're claiming to happen is actually what's happening?"

14) Why is it, @SenateDems @HouseDemocrats, that Trump and the Border Patrol are Nazis for children being confined when they reach the border and attempt to cross it illegally, but not traffickers who put them through the absolutely insane and inhuman conditions on the trip up?

15) Why is it that the South and Central American countries get a completely free pass putting their children in LITERAL DEATH MARCHES coming to the United States, arriving starved, beaten, raped, near death or outright dying.

16) Why are Democrats ok with the United States quickly becoming the sex slavery and child slavery capital of the world?!?

17) Why in the fuck is all THIS the case, but Republicans and Trump are Nazis for trying to stop it, and trying to get these kids sheltered and away from the human traffickers and the fucking monsters in our borders who would take these children and put them into slavery?!?

18) No, not #EndFamilySeparation FUCK THAT #EndSlavery Not #EndChildInternmentCamps FUCK THAT #EndChildTrafficking

2018 Midterms? #EndDemocrats

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