Are there any topics that lead directly to Godwin Invocations?
Well, yeah. Of course. Case’s Corollary to the Law states “if the subject is Heinlein or homosexuality, the probability of a Hitler/Nazi comparison being made becomes equal to one” – but that’s just an old list. Abortion and gun control debates always lead to Nazi comparisons; talk with a Libertarian for more than a few hours and he’ll almost certainly bring up Nazis; book-burning is pretty much considered a sub-topic of Nazism at this point. Hell, talk about anything politically related and you’ll eventually get there. If you’re really bored, a fun game to play is Six Degrees of Godwin. Take a topic – any topic – and see how quickly you can relate it to Nazis using legitimate topic drift methods. For example: a discussion about computers will eventually lead to discussions of keyboards and which are best, followed by a lot of complaining about the Windows key on 104-key keyboards, leading to complaints about Microsoft, forcing the standard MS-vs-government flamewar that I’m sure you’r
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