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Hypotheticals Aren't Just For Cold Calls Anymore

What's next? Ketanji Brown Jackson can't prove there isn't a teapot orbiting the Sun?

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Senate Holds Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings For Ketanji Brown Jackson

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You know, I thought that we could make it without Nazi comparisons, but all internet people know that we’ve been due. Godwin’s Law is the classic rule that “[a]s an online discussion continues, the probability of a reference or comparison to Hitler or Nazis approaches 1.” Something about not being in smacking distance enables all types of devil’s advocates and “what if”-ers to stumble on summoning the visage of Spicy Charlie Chaplin whatever the occasion, even a SCOTUS nomination.

The miscalculation here is that Senator Tom Cotton’s aluminum foil linking of Judge Jackson to defending Nazis because of her last name is that it may sway some republicans to support her. The Reich has long received support from David Duke — it is not uncommon to find Nazi symbolism at those White Lives Matter counterprotests which lean about as right as a 90-degree angle, not to mention that whole some Nazis are good people endorsement from Head Cheeto way back when.

For my peace of mind, I’m just gonna go the Let’s Go Brandon route. And by that, I mean bracketing off this nonsense and paying it no more attention.

The Creator Of Godwin’s Law Explains Why Some Nazi Comparisons Don’t Break His Famous Internet Rule [Wa Po]

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Tom Cotton Says Ketanji Brown Jackson Might Have Defended the Nazis During The Nuremberg Trials [Mediaite]

Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ in the Facebook group Law School Memes for Edgy T14s.  He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim, a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at cwilliams@abovethelaw.com and by tweet at @WritesForRent.

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