Meaning of go Godwin | Babel Free

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To invoke Adolf Hitler or Nazism in an argument, thereby fulfilling Godwin's law.

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“In 20-plus years online, I don't believe I've ever seen someone go Godwin on the very first post.”

“Godwin's Law is important because it shows the cost of attaching baggage to your arguments. I think that if you can argue that something is bad by invoking Hitler, you can argue that something is bad without invoking Hitler. It's not just that going Godwin is tacky. It is, or should be, a sign of rhetorical weakness.”

“For his June 24 column, Lively went full Godwin on Obama, likening him to Hitler and staging the then-upcoming debate as a way to take President Biden out of the picture a la Hitler’s “Night of the Long Knives”:”

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