We Are All Nazis Now!
11th December 2016
The Reductio ad Hitlerum (see also Godwin’s Law) has been a standard tactic of argumentation by left-leaning folks for a number of decades. Ever since the presidency of George W. Bush — and perhaps going all the way back to Ronald Reagan — it has been the primary method of dealing with any opinions even slightly to the right of those held by the people who employ it.
With the election of Donald Trump, the lefties are falling all over themselves to validate Godwin’s Law whenever they possibly can. If Nigel Farage was the Political Figure Most Often Depicted as a Nazi in 2016, surely Mr. Trump will win that coveted prize for 2017.
December 11th, 2016 at 11:41
Why not?
Hitler was Time’s Man of the Year, Trump is Time’s Man of the Year.
Coincidence? I think not…
December 11th, 2016 at 13:46
So was Barack Hussein Obama (um, um, um) in 2012. So I guess if Trump is the New Hitler, that would make Obama the Old Hitler.
Nice that you cleared that up for us.
December 11th, 2016 at 19:59
“Meet the new boss/ same as the old boss…”