With a hat tip to Ed Brayton, I note that Michelle Bachmann has compared raising taxes to the Holocaust, and now Mike Huckabee has compared raising the debt ceiling to that.
So, whether we call this a corollary to Godwin's Law or a whole new law, it needs a name. Hit me up in comments with your suggestions.
The one possible consolation? Israeli Jews, including even the most Christian-tolerant among the Zionists, say "enough" to Religious Righters who keep up the Holocaust comparisons.
That said, not all inane Holocaust analogies are by political wingnuts. Hardcore antivaxxers apparently do the same.
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May 09, 2011
A new Godwin's Law — Holocaust analogizing needs a name
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