11-17-2015, 12:09 AM
Well, I don't own any Confederate merchandise, but really have no problem with it. The flag wasn't a symbol of slavery, it was a symbol of the Confederacy. Of course they supported slavery. But so did the Union. And you don't see this same demonization of the actual American flag (even the colonial flag) very prevalent.
Just seems a waste of time and effort to demonize symbols. If anything, the recent anti-Confederate flag brouhaha has just heaped more meaning onto the old symbol.
The reason why Godwin's law is a thing isn't due to the lack of applicability in drawing parallels between Hitler and other things, it's the fact that it's done all the time, that it's lost most of its meaning. "Mom making you take out the trash? She's worse than Hitler!" is an example of this "reductio ad Hitlerum."
Just seems a waste of time and effort to demonize symbols. If anything, the recent anti-Confederate flag brouhaha has just heaped more meaning onto the old symbol.
Quote:The problem with Godwin's law is that it's very easy to draw connections from Hitler to other things. Not just on a factor of, "NAZI'S WERE EVIL!" but the way he did things, the repercussions on laws, etc. I actually think, outside of academia, that it's silly to negate an entire argument just because someone brought up Hitler. There's a lot of guys in control of nations doing very similar stuff, but the moment you bring that up it's all, "Hitler was the worst, don't compare anyone to him ever because he's bad guy number one til the Earth implodes."
The reason why Godwin's law is a thing isn't due to the lack of applicability in drawing parallels between Hitler and other things, it's the fact that it's done all the time, that it's lost most of its meaning. "Mom making you take out the trash? She's worse than Hitler!" is an example of this "reductio ad Hitlerum."
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