Drones, Rifles, Fascism (Was: POTUS jammin')

[rysiek@hackerspace.pl (rysiek)]

Dnia czwartek, 27 listopada 2014 22:51:27 Cathal Garvey pisze:
> The word you're looking for is "fascist". The Nazis were one particular
> expression and culture of fascist, by no means the only one and
> certainly not the last.

+1

> I happen to disagree with the supposed primacy of Godwin's Law because
> the Nazis are a cultural touchstone on the horrors of fascism in
> practice, a thing we should all remain vigilant upon.

Absolutely. Problem is, *calling* something fascism/nazism does not make it 
so, and calling too many things this makes it "a boy that cried wolf" kind of 
story.

There are legitimate grievances towards any government, and I happen to be 
particularly critical of the US government (yes, to a large extent I *would* 
call it fascist, due to <insert-a-branch>-industrial-complex), but I choose 
not to use that particular word and instead try to work on the merits of the 
situation.

Using "nazi"/"fascism" card is easy, emotionally charged, usually unnecessary, 
and instead of moving the discussion forward -- breaks it into two entrenched 
camps.

This is precisely why I find Godwin's Law so useful. It allows people to 
easily counter such a demagoguery and bring the discussion back to the merits 
-- as exemplified by this very thread (and, in particular, your e-mail), 
actually. :)

-- 
Pozdr
rysiek
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