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lynx23
842 days ago
Its a rather old joke that when political correct speech is overdiscussed, one guy will ask: "Aber Führerschein ist schon noch erlaubt, oder?" (But drivers-licence is still a legal word, right?)
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signa11
842 days ago
i have a tangential question: is this thread an example of goodwin’s law ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law#:~:text=Godwin%...
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scotty79
841 days ago
I don't think so. This law is about using nazi in counterargument to something not just barely mentioning them.
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stavros
841 days ago
No, but
this
thread is an example of the use-mention distinction:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use%E2%80%93mention_distinctio...
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