History Quotes / GodwinsLaw

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->''"Whatever its claims, Queen isn't here just to entertain. This group has come to make it clear exactly who is superior and who is inferior. Its anthem, "We Will Rock You," is a marching order: you ''will'' not rock us, we ''will'' rock you. Indeed, Queen may be the first truly fascist rock band. The whole thing makes me wonder why anyone would indulge these creeps and their polluting ideas."''
-->--'''Dave Marsh''', in his review of ''Jazz'' by Music/{{Queen}}, ''Rolling Stone'', Feb. 6, 1979

->''"Feminazi."''
-->--'''RushLimbaugh'''

->''"You're a fascist, Mr. [[GeorgeWBush Bush]]! Resign!"''
-->--'''KeithOlbermann''', special comment in 2007.

->''"Hitler decided that it was the only empathetic thing to do, to put this child down and put him out of his suffering. It was the beginning of the T4, which led to genocide everywhere. It was the beginning of it. Empathy leads you to very bad decisions many times."''
-->--'''Radio/GlennBeck''' on BarackObama

->''"Soccer is like the metric system, which liberals also adore because it’s European. Naturally, the metric system emerged from the French Revolution, during the brief intervals when they weren’t committing mass murder by guillotine."''
-->--'''Ann Coulter''' on the World Cup

->''"I mean, that's the morality of the Holocaust. 'Well, it's only a small percentage,' you know. 'I mean, it's not you, it's somebody else.'"''
--> -- Grover Norquist, on the inheritance tax.

->"''I can't imagine Arizonans now reverting to German Nazi and Russian Communist techniques whereby people are required to turn one another in to the authorities on any suspicion of documentation."''
-->--'''Cardinal Roger Mahony''' on the Arizona immigration law.

->''"When we just saw that man, I think it was ''[PZ Myers]'', talking about how great scientists were, I was thinking to myself the last time any of my relatives saw scientists telling them what to do they were telling them to go to the showers to get gassed …that’s where ''science'' leads you. Love of God and compassion and empathy leads you to a very glorious place, and [[LuddWasRight science leads you to killing people.]]"''
-->--'''Ben Stein'''

->''"And what hyperbolic discussion is complete without bringing in Hitler?"''
-->--'''Website/{{Cracked}}''', [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-innocent-sounding-topics-that-are-guaranteed-flame-wars/ "6 Innocent-Sounding Topics That Are Guaranteed Flame Wars"]] (4 of the examples have Godwin's Law demonstrations!)

->''"But that's good because 'Godwin' includes 'God' and 'win'. So, when you post a picture of Hitler in front of an article, you can say 'In the name of '''God''', I '''win''' the argument.' Godwin's point."''
-->--''[[http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Conservapedia:Conservative RationalWiki]]''

->''"There have always been and will always be celebrities who are famous for nothing. The fact that they exist tends to baffle and infuriate industrious people, but that's a good thing -- uniting in our disgust of objectively terrible people is [[{{Dissimile}} how we won World War II]]."''
-->--'''{{Seanbaby}}'''

->''"When you say you're not comparing someone to Hitler, you're comparing them to Hitler. This week, a Georgia congressman said, 'I'm not comparing [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama Obama]] to Adolf Hitler. What I'm saying is there's the potential of going down that road.' Well, Congressman, I'm not comparing your head to a butt-plug, but it does seem to spend a lot of time up your ass."''

->''"It’d be a good idea if they stopped referring to other Republicans as Hitler appeasers."''
-->--'''Grover Norquist''' on the Tea Party

->'''Judge Greenspan: Mr. Soprano, do you have a problem with wearing an electronic bracelet?\\

->''"Most of us are so used to [[Music/KanyeWest Kanye]] filling our heads with [[DelusionsOfGrandeur dried dingles of delusion]], so he said, [='=]''I AM LIKE THE JEWS AND THE PAPARAZZI ARE LIKE HITLER''[='=], we’d just roll our eyes a little to the left and continue chewing our breakfast sandwich. Kanye doesn’t compare the paparazzi to Hitler, but he does say that being a celebrity today is like being black in the 1960s. Either I wasn’t totally paying attention during the lesson on the CivilRightsMovement in the 6th grade or Kanye’s brain has been switched with that of a dead sloth, because I somehow missed the part where black people were given Givenchy gowns to wear to their protests and instead of getting attacked by police dogs and beaten by racists, they [[FauxHorrific had their picture taken and were asked to sign autographs]]. I was taught wrong! The American education system is really leaving every child behind. Kuntye should be named Secretary of Education, so he can teach the children how history really went."''

->''"Most of us are so used to [[Music/KanyeWest Kanye]] filling our heads with [[DelusionsOfGrandeur dried dingles of delusion]], so he said, [='=]''I AM LIKE THE JEWS AND THE PAPARAZZI ARE LIKE HITLER''[='=], we’d just roll our eyes a little to the left and continue chewing our breakfast sandwich. Kanye doesn’t compare the paparazzi to Hitler, but he does say that being a celebrity today is like being black in the 1960s. Either I wasn’t totally paying attention during the lesson on the CivilRightsMovement in the 6th grade or Kanye’s brain has been switched with that of a dead sloth, because I somehow missed the part where black people were given Givenchy gowns to wear to their protests and instead of getting attacked by police dogs and beaten by racists, they had their picture taken and were [[FauxHorrific asked to sign autograph]]s. I was taught wrong! The American education system is really leaving every child behind. Kuntye should be named Secretary of Education, so he can teach the children how history really went."''

->''Re, re, re your post,\\

Now the horse is dead...''

->'''Informant:''' General, Italian forces have entered Egypt.''\\

->''"But that's good because 'Godwin' includes 'God' and 'win'. So, when you post a picture of Hitler in front of an article, you can say 'In the name of '''God''', I '''win''' the argument.' Godwin's point."''
-->--''[[http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Conservapedia:Conservative RationalWiki]]''

->"Feminazi."

->''"You're a fascist Mr. [[GeorgeWBush Bush]]! Resign!"''

->''There have always been and will always be celebrities who are famous for nothing. The fact that they exist tends to baffle and infuriate industrious people, but that's a good thing -- uniting in our disgust of objectively terrible people is [[{{Dissimile}} how we won World War II]].''

->"And what hyperbolic discussion is complete without bringing in Hitler?"
-->--'''Website/{{Cracked}}''', [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-innocent-sounding-topics-that-are-guaranteed-flame-wars/ 6 Innocent-Sounding Topics That Are Guaranteed Flame Wars]]" (4 of the examples have Godwin's Law demonstrations!)

->'''Hitler:''' We must rid ourselves of ze Jews. We will go after their businesses, burn their synagogues. We will move them into ghettos and ultimately death camps, killing millions.
->'''Officer:''' So it will be like in 2014 when someone isn't nice to a rich guy?
->'''Hitler:''' That would be ze most appropriate comparison I could think of, yes.
-->--[[http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/29/1273237/-Cartoon-Tom-Perkins-is-the-Hitler-of-making-accurate-comparisons Political cartoon]] by Matt Bors that [[InvertedTrope inverts]] the trope

->'''Duncan:''' This is outrageous, Angus, you're just trying to lead me into the sort of self-incriminating argument that frankly wouldn't be out of place in one of Stalin's show trials.\\
'''Angus:''' I take exception to that, that's the sort of meaningless smear used by Goebbels under the Third Reich.\\
'''Duncan:''' You're like Stalin.\\
'''Angus:''' You ''are'' Hitler.
-->-- ''Radio/ThatMitchellAndWebbSound''

-->--'''Ann Coulter'''

->''”The homosexual agenda is just like Islam: there is no room for dissent, there is no room to leave, once you're in, you can't leave. Muslims won't let you leave, homosexuals won't let you leave...There's no freedom of choice, there's no freedom of religion -- if you have religious views about homosexual behavior, you are squashed. I mean, ladies and gentlemen, they are Nazis. Homosexual activists, when it comes to freedom of speech, are Nazis."''

-> "The word Fascism has now no meaning except in so far as it signifies 'something not desirable.'"

->''"Please stop calling people 'Hitler' when you disagree with them. It demeans you, it demeans your opponent, and, to be honest, ''[[InsultToRocks it demeans Hitler]]''. That guy worked too many years, too hard, to be that evil, to have any Tom, Dick, and Harry come along and say, 'hey, you're bein' Hitler.' No, you know who was Hitler? '''Hitler'''!"''

->''You know the rule - all debate ends when it gets to Hitler.''
--> -- ''ComicBook/GothamCentral''

->This goes for any debate; if you're tempted to make comparisons to Hitler or Nazis or the Holocaust, you need to stop and re-examine what you're doing.
-->--'''A UsefulNotes/NaNoWriMo moderator''', [[http://nanowrimo.org/en/forum_comments/1964969 here]].

->'''[=LuigiMaster=]:''' [[Main/HeroWorshipper It's especially depressing too that I looked up to you]] and you react like a fucking Nazi.\\
'''Robert The Small:''' Because making fun of someone is equal to killing jews.
-->--'''A {{MUGEN}} Genesis Forum Conversation'''

->"Feminazi."
-->--'''RushLimbaugh'''

->''"Soccer is like the metric system, which liberals also adore because it’s European. Naturally, the metric system emerged from the French Revolution, during the brief intervals when they weren’t committing mass murder by guillotine."''
-->--'''Ann Coulter'''

->"As soon as you label me, or anyone, a bigot, with nothing to support such a toxic charge, you lose the argument. "

->'''Informant:''' ''General, Italian forces have entered Egypt.''\\
'''General:''' ''As I expected. This is a foolish move by Mussolini, but like Hitler he will no doubt force his commanders to--''\\
'''Informant:''' ''Hey, Godwin's Law.''\\
'''General:''' ''Dammit. *{{beat}}* You know, this may become a problem.''
--> -- ''Webcomic/{{XKCD}}, [[http://xkcd.com/261/ Regarding Mussolini]]''

->"I mean, that's the morality of the Holocaust. 'Well, it's only a small percentage,' you know. 'I mean, [[EatTheRich it's not you, it's somebody else]].'"
--> -- Grover Norquist, on the inheritance tax.

->"I can't imagine Arizonans now reverting to German Nazi and Russian Communist techniques whereby people are required to turn one another in to the authorities on any suspicion of documentation."
-->--'''Cardinal Roger Mahony''' on the Arizona immigration law.

->"You're a fascist Mr. [[GeorgeWBush Bush]]! Resign!
-->--'''KeithOlbermann''', special comment in 2007.

->''Re, re, re your post,\\
Gently down the thread\\
Hitler and Stalin and Godwin and Nazis\\
Now the horse is dead...''
-->-- '''"[=ClassicDrogn=]"''', on the [[http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com Drunkard's Walk Forums]], 2/26/06

->'''Ratbert:''' I'm debating on the internet! Ha ha! I'm winning every argument by saying the same thing!\\
'''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}:''' What's that?\\
'''Ratbert:''' "How would you like it if Hitler killed you?"\\
'''Dilbert:''' ''(annoyed)'' Hey, I debated you last night!\\
-- '''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}''', [[http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2006-10-28/ 10-28-2006]]

->''"Whatever its claims, Queen isn't here just to entertain. This group has come to make it clear exactly who is superior and who is inferior. Its anthem, "We Will Rock You," is a marching order: you ''will'' not rock us, we ''will'' rock you. Indeed, Queen may be the first truly fascist rock band. The whole thing makes me wonder why anyone would indulge these creeps and their polluting ideas."''
-->--'''Dave Marsh''', in his review of ''Jazz'' by Music/{{Queen}}, ''Rolling Stone'', Feb. 6, 1979

[[AC: From Series/TheDailyShow With Jon Stewart]]

->'''Jon''': You know who was Hitler?... ''Hitler!''
--> -- On [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=114018&title=A-Relatively-Closer-Look---Hitler-Reference Hitler references]]

->''It's "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon", except there's just one degree, and Kevin Bacon is Hitler.''
-->-- LewisBlack, on [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-may-12-2010/back-in-black---glenn-beck-s-nazi-tourette-s Glenn Beck's frequent invocation of the Nazis]]

->''Don't have time to make a protest sign? We've got you covered. We have "I disagree with you but I'm pretty sure you're not Hitler"...''
-->-- Announcing the Rally to Restore Sanity.

->'''Jon''':...wait, your advice for my rally to restore ''sanity'' is to copy ''Hitler''!?!
->'''Larry Wilmore''': Hey, that's what they're gonna call you ''anyway''!
-->-- On points of style for mass rallies.

->''"See? Y'see what he did right there? He set up the moral equivalency between ending the filibuster and...the HOLOCAUST!"''
-->-- '''[[Series/TheDailyShow Jon Stewart]]''' on GodwinsLaw

->''"Please stop calling people 'Hitler' when you disagree with them. It demeans you, it demeans your opponent, and, to be honest, '''[[InsultToRocks it demeans Hitler]]'''. That guy worked too many years, too hard, to be that evil, to have any Tom, Dick, and Harry come along and say, 'hey, you're bein' Hitler.' No, you know who was Hitler? Hitler!"''
-->-- '''Jon Stewart'''

----

-> ''I realize that you're just stating an opinion, but what you're doing is going back to WorldWarII all over again. [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler {{Hitler}}]] wanting to erase Jews from society -- you want to erase Music/JustinBieber...''

-> ''I realize that you're just stating an opinion, but what you're doing is going back to WorldWarII all over again. {{Hitler}} wanting to erase Jews from society -- you want to erase Music/JustinBieber...''

->''"People always write me to justify Lana, saying, 'Yeah, [[DramaQueen she's fruity]], but there are people like that in real life!' ...Heck, people burned other people in ovens for real life. Does that mean I want to watch that for entertainment, unless it's being villainized? NO.\\\
Not saying Lana's a nazi, [[TheScrappy though there's always the off chance.]]"''
-->--'''Neal bailey''' [[http://www.supermanhomepage.com/tv/tv.php?topic=reviews/smallville5-ep11 on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Lockdown")

->''"People always write me to justify Lana, saying, 'Yeah, [[DramaQueen she's fruity]], but there are people like that in real life!' ...Heck, [[GodwinsLaw people burned other people in ovens for real life.]] Does that mean I want to watch that for entertainment, unless it's being villainized? NO.\\\

->''Watching the way thousands of people in his audience could not think for themselves, could not find the courage to allow their ordinary feelings of decency and taste to prevail, I understood better how demagogues are possible.''
-->--'''RogerEbert''' [[spoiler:watching an Andrew Dice Clay comedy act]].

--> -- ''GothamCentral''

->''"Please stop calling people 'Hitler' when you disagree with them. It demeans you, it demeans your opponent, and, to be honest, '''[[InsultToRocks it demeans Hitler]]'''. That guy worked too many years, too hard, to be that evil, to have any Tom, Dick, and Harry come along and say, 'hey, you're bein' Hitler.' No, you know who was Hitler? Hitler!"