[lit-ideas] Re: Paying taxes for months on end

Judy Evans wrote:

"so it is inappropriate, even perhaps rhetorical overreach, to cite
[Godwin's] Law in reply to John."

Not at all.  It is shorthand for saying that there is little to gain
from pursuing a conversation that reaches the point of including
references to Nazis.  As John himself noted, it needn't have been
included but the rhetorical move is obvious: Have one's interlocutor, in
this case myself, defend the Nazis.  Cute trick if one can turn it but
done to the detriment of conversation.

Sincerely,

Phil Enns
Toronto, ON

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