Re: what ever happened to linux?(Rep. Cleaver/immigration rants, etc.)

On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 8:10 PM, Monty J. Harder [email protected] wrote:

It's getting on my last nerve. In fact, in the spirit of Godwin, I'm going to propound my very own Internet Law. Here's my working version: "Calling someone a 'racist', rather than addressing the truth or falsity of their position, is an implict confession that one is unable to do the latter."

I don't know what to call it, but it has an element of truth. Maybe we should refer to it as dropping the R-bomb or some-such term. Maybe "The Harder Corollary to Godwin: the less likely your opponent has a valid defense or opposition the more likely they are to call you a racist."

Jon.