> andie nachgeborenen wrote:
>
>> --- > It's mainly an Internet convention: in newsgroup
>>
>>> arguments, invoking analogies to Hitler tends to make the debates
>>> _really_ acrimonious and hysterical. But no, there's no actual
>>> _reason_ for
>>> refraining to draw such analogies.
>>> How come that is not an actual reason to refrain? jks
>>>
> Well, if one doesn't like acrimonious and hysterical debates, yeah,
> then it's a good reason.
>
> But other than that, I can't think of a good reason why one shouldn't
> use such analogies. As long as they're supportable, that is.
>
> "What? We're NOT allowed to draw analogies to the Third Reich? That's
> THOUGHT CONTROL! Just like in NAZI GERMANY!"
>
well, but your joke here is exactly the point. comparing everything to nazi germany is intellectually lazy, at best. the only reason to resort to nazi analogies is having run out of any other arguments, which is exactly why deploying them is taken as an indication that you've lost.
imo
j