Noonespecial200 from Anti-Racist Canada describes the hijinks at a recent HRC hearing of one Jason Ouwendyk. All sorts of fun stuff, but my favorite bit has gotta be:
In other interesting news, David Ruud...the man who appears to be the head honcho of the Northern Alliance now (or at least the most vocal and active member) was in attendance, as were a number of other neo-Nazis. Mark and Connie Fournier of Free Dominion were also both in attendance for one day of the hearings. We find this to be especially interesting since the Fourniers, who have come to the defense of Marc Lemire and have denied his links to neo-Nazis, appear to be supporting an individual in Ouwendyk and an organization in the Northern Alliance with clear neo-Nazi sympathies.
Clear neo-Nazi sympathies and issues with fire-arms.
Godwin's Law (also known as Godwin's Rule of Nazi Analogies)[1] is an adage formulated by Mike Godwin in 1990. The law states:[2][3]
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Godwin's Law is often cited in online discussions as a deterrent against the use of arguments in the reductio ad Hitlerum form.
The rule does not make any statement whether any particular reference or comparison to Hitler or the Nazis might be appropriate, but only asserts that one arising is increasingly probable. It is precisely because such a comparison or reference may sometimes be appropriate, Godwin has argued[4] that overuse of Nazi and Hitler comparisons should be avoided, because it robs the valid comparisons of their impact. Although in one of its early forms Godwin's Law referred specifically to Usenet newsgroup discussions,[5] the law is now applied to any threaded online discussion: electronic mailing lists, message boards, chat rooms, and more recently blog comment threads and wiki talk pages.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law
That's all well and good narrow back, but when you're photographed giving a Nazi salute, in front of a Nazi flag, or proudly in front of a photo of Hitler, you might assume that you might be linked to Nazis in some manner.
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