Opinion: Nazi comparisons have never been more relevant to UK politics – it's time to repeal 'Godwin's Law'

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It is often seen as hysterical to draw parallels between modern politics and what happened in the 1930s. But we are in a moment where fascism is far too close to power and the political mainstream

Godwin’s Law was useful for a while to stop people simply crying fascist to close down any speech they disagreed with. That was both damaging to debate and actually harmed our ability to call out genuine far-right hate. If you call everything fascist, no one will differentiate when you get it right from when you’re just being an alarmist.

 

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If you cannot debate without resorting to personal attacks, then you should not be debating in the first place.

Trying to compare CarlBenjamin to the Nazi is ridiculous and a huge insult to victims of the Holocaust. The owner of The Independent is a former KGB Officer so you would think he would have taught you to gather intel properly. sargonofakkad

Godwin himself repealed his own law after trump was ‘elected’

Godwin himself has said the same thing.

You are fake news.

nazi comparison is highly relevant to understand “common” business practices of British corporations

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