Godwin's Law
When such an event occurs, the person guilty of invoking Godwin's Law has effectively forfieted the
"Oh, so now you're trying to censor me? Go to hell, you damn Nazi!"
So unless you explicitly say X to your interlocutor it is taken you believe Y
A term that originated on Usenet, 'Godwin's Law' states that as an online argument
grows longer and more heated, it becomes increasingly likely that somebody
will bring up Adolf Hitler or the Nazis.
When such an event occurs, the person guilty of invoking Godwin's Law has effectively forfieted the
"You know what you are...you are a Nazi...that's what you are."
There are many who see resorting to this kind of accusation at the end of
an argument they are not winning - as a classical liberal ploy.
"Oh, so now you're trying to censor me? Go to hell, you damn Nazi!"
So unless you explicitly say X to your interlocutor it is taken you believe Y
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