{"id":30730,"date":"2023-12-21T22:04:48","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T06:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=30730"},"modified":"2023-12-21T22:05:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T06:05:27","slug":"creator-of-godwins-law-says-its-ok-and-necessary-to-compare-trump-to-hitler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/12\/21\/creator-of-godwins-law-says-its-ok-and-necessary-to-compare-trump-to-hitler\/","title":{"rendered":"Creator of Godwin’s Law Says It’s OK\u2014and Necessary\u2014to Compare Trump to Hitler"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A demonstrator holds a placard showing a picture of Donald Trump modified to add a swastika and an Adolf Hitler-style mustache during a protest outside the U.S. Embassy in London on November 9, 2016. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Photo: Ben Stansall\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Those of us who hope to preserve our democratic institutions need to underscore the resemblance before we enter the twilight of American democracy.”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JAKE JOHNSON<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dec 21, 2023 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The creator of Godwin’s Law<\/a>\u2014an adage that says Adolf Hitler comparisons become increasingly likely as Internet arguments drag on\u2014argued in a Washington Post<\/em>op-ed<\/a> Thursday that his rule in no way discredits efforts to draw parallels between the Nazi dictator and former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Those of us who hope to preserve our democratic institutions need to underscore the resemblance before we enter the twilight of American democracy,” wrote attorney and author Mike Godwin. “And that’s why Godwin’s Law isn’t violated\u2014or confirmed\u2014by the Biden reelection campaign’s criticism of Trump’s increasingly unsubtle messaging<\/a>. We had the luxury of deriving humor from Hitler and Nazi comparisons when doing so was almost always hyperbole. It’s not a luxury we can afford anymore.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday, President Joe Biden’s 2024 reelection campaign posted to social media a graphic likening Trump’s recent rhetoric\u2014including his statement<\/a> that immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country”\u2014to Hitler’s and arguing that the similarities are “not a coincidence.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is not a coincidence pic.twitter.com\/oaSDcb0yzs<\/a><\/p>— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) December 20, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>