[firebat45]

He's almost as good as the guy that killed Hitler. Really doing the world a favor.

[unnouinceput]

Isn't, at least officially, Hitler the guy that killed Hitler? Or that was the joke and it flew over my head?

[bloopernova]

That is indeed the joke. Hopefully you don't get downvoted for asking a question.

[lostmsu]

It was a very well veiled one too. If not for your comment I would not have realized it. I suspect people downvoting it didn't get it either.

[bloopernova]

Some folks forget that not everyone is "terminally online" and won't get every reference and idiom.

[WJW]

This is just something you might learn during history lessons in school, no online-ness is needed.

[bumby]

I think it would be much better if people focused downvoting on comments that go against HN guidelines rather than questions or comments they disagree with.

[lostmsu]

No, if a comment is against guidelines you are supposed to flag it.

[bumby]

How would you propose a method of limiting the downvoting of comments that are salient and relevant but otherwise elicit a knee-jerk emotionally disagreeable response? Or do you consider that ability a feature? It seems to me to erode curious debate.

[cko]

I don't mean to kill the joke further but I think Hitler was already a dead man walking before Hitler killed Hitler, so I think his enemies (Allied Forces plus Russians) deserve most of the credit.

[enterprise_cog]

The Soviet Union was part of the allied forces.

[cko]

I don't mean to kill the joke but I think Hitler was already dead before Hitler killed Hitler, so I think his enemies (Allied Forces plus Russians) deserve most of the credit.