Godwin’s Law Tuesday

I am going to try something: every Tuesday I am going to scour the vastness of unreality to find the weekly use of Hitler or Nazis to vilify someone. It has been happening so often, I think we need to keep an eye on the trend. I may wind up keeping statistics on who gets called a Nazi too.

The rules: pretty arbitrary. To win Godwin’s Medal of Honor, you must be a significant public personality, though you don’t necessarily need to be in media. It doesn’t matter why you’re famous but you need to be someone people listen to in large numbers. Mass media carry more weight than internet media for now though that may change over time. If you happen to notice someone breaking Godwin’s Law in your casual surfing, please let me know - it will make my job a little easier (job it is you know! This blogging stuff is taxing on the… um… well send it in anyway!)

For those of you who may not be aware of Godwin’s Law, it reads as follows:

As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.

This award is meant to dishonor those who have finally succumbed to tarring and feathering those souls whom they hate.

This week’s winner of Godwin’s Medal of Honor is Joy Behar, co-hosting on that grand dame of women’s shows, “The View“. Her victim? Donald Rumsfeld, outgoing member of George W.’s cabinet (himself a frequent medal victim, or would have been as we started handing out this medal sooner).

Godwin says, you lose, Mrs. Behar.