what ever happened to linux?(Rep. Cleaver/immigration rants, etc.)
Jon Pruente
jdpruente at gmail.com
Tue Aug 12 20:37:36 CDT 2008
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 8:10 PM, Monty J. Harder <mjharder at gmail.com> wrote:
> It's getting on my last nerve. In fact, in the spirit of Godwin, I'm going
> to propound my very own Internet Law. Here's my working version: "Calling
> someone a 'racist', rather than addressing the truth or falsity of their
> position, is an implict confession that one is unable to do the latter."
I don't know what to call it, but it has an element of truth. Maybe
we should refer to it as dropping the R-bomb or some-such term. Maybe
"The Harder Corollary to Godwin: the less likely your opponent has a
valid defense or opposition the more likely they are to call you a
racist."
Jon.
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