Monday, February 28, 2005

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Or maybe "MMIARDPH"?

YOU ARE VISITING THE OLD MALKIN(S)WATCH. THAT'S FANTASTIC. PLEASE VISIT THE NEW MALKIN(S)WATCH WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE.
So I open up my inbox today and what should I find but another tip from LibAv. While I was taking the weekend off, Malkin said this:
For those who have been living in a cave for the past year, [MoveOn is] the left-wing activist group that compared President Bush to Hitler.
If there was any justice in the world, Malkin would have just Godwinned* her entire career.

Which is more offensive, throwing Hitler's name around or accusing someone else of throwing Hitler's name around? Either way, as LibAv points out, Michelle either doesn't read what she links to or knows the truth and doesn't care...I'm going to lean towards the latter. From the Memory Hole (Malkin's source for this accusation):
Over 1,500 ads were submitted. Out of them, two compared Bush to Hitler. After years of talking about "feminazis" and "Hitlery" Clinton, the right wing suddenly felt that Third Reich references were absolutely indefensible. Republicans expressed new-found outrage, and the corporate media dutifully tsk-tsked. MoveOn pulled the ads from their contest Website.
Maybe we need something stronger than "IOKIYAAR." How about "Republicans are all lying hypocrites, almost without exception - RAALHAWE"?

Just a thought.

* Just to clarify - I'm referring to the second part of Godwin's Law, in which the person explicitly invoking Godwin's Law thereby loses the argument. Just because the whole premise of Godwin's Law is silly and played out, doesn't mean it's not important to get it right.