Jon Stewart on idiotic Hitler analogies

With the appearance of the Hitler Zombie twice in less than a month on this blog, Andrew Mathis was inspired to send me this YouTube video. He's right; it's perhaps the best commentary I've heard about the use of the Hitler analogy or argumentum ad Nazium to demonize one's political opponents.

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I'm not going to comment too much on this, but this is hilariously wrong.
Nasal drone Ben Stein, as you would be hard-pressed not to know if you are a regular reader of ScienceBlogs, is hosting what looks to be a truly execrable crap-fest called Expelled!: No Intelligence Allowed.

I believe you've achieved Godwin's rule in the opening post. That will make for a short thread.

That was hilarious

Dear Wamba:

I suggest that you spend some time learning about the context of Godwin's Law. Note that it requires a Hitler comparison as a form of debate. Thus, Orac's comment is not even close.

Dear TheProbe: Medical science is making wonderful advances. I suggest you look into getting a humour implant.

TheProbe does have a sense a humor... he did laugh at my joke. (and NO!, I am not going to send him a replacement keyboard because of something I posted on misc.health.alternative.)... he is just particular on the use of Godwin (something I always goof up).

:)