Comments on: Hitler gets mad at Obama https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/10/hitler-gets-mad-at-obama/ Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:17:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/10/hitler-gets-mad-at-obama/#comment-544682 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:17:57 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/09/10/hitler-gets-mad-at-obama/#comment-544682 Josh: It is helpful to contextualize this. I’m posting two other videos by the same person (tomorrow?) which may do that. Or, you can click through to YouTube and watch them. The Republican Homeland one is highly recommended. You will pee in your pants laughing, and that pee will wash away all concern regarding the Hitler=Opposition link.

]]> By: tatil https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/10/hitler-gets-mad-at-obama/#comment-544681 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:36:32 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/09/10/hitler-gets-mad-at-obama/#comment-544681 thank you very good.

]]> By: J-Dog https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/10/hitler-gets-mad-at-obama/#comment-544680 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:08:45 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/09/10/hitler-gets-mad-at-obama/#comment-544680 Joshua – If you do not lighten up, you will be forced to go to the Comedy Re Education Camp and undergo a re-grooving dude!

]]> By: Joshua Zelinsky https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/10/hitler-gets-mad-at-obama/#comment-544679 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:19:18 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/09/10/hitler-gets-mad-at-obama/#comment-544679 I had a very mixed attitude about this Downfall parody. On the one hand it has some pretty funny moments. (“and to point at a map like this.”) The punchline was also witty.

But part of the humor of the Downfall meme is the incongruity. The “Hitler” isn’t a stand in for a group accused of spewing hate or propaganda. In this case, there seems to be an almost implicit Godwin’s Law going on. It seems like there are actual political opponents being compared to Nazis in this even if just implicitly. That’s not cool.

]]> By: NewEnglandBob https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/10/hitler-gets-mad-at-obama/#comment-544678 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:08:03 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/09/10/hitler-gets-mad-at-obama/#comment-544678 …but cartography is critically important!

]]> By: Rob Jase https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/10/hitler-gets-mad-at-obama/#comment-544677 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:38:40 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/09/10/hitler-gets-mad-at-obama/#comment-544677 You know, he probably reacted the same way to the Watchmen movie.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/10/hitler-gets-mad-at-obama/#comment-544676 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:41:42 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/09/10/hitler-gets-mad-at-obama/#comment-544676 This is an excellent example of why one must always wait for the end!

]]> By: Coturnix https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/10/hitler-gets-mad-at-obama/#comment-544675 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:38:47 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/09/10/hitler-gets-mad-at-obama/#comment-544675 I knew you’d like this one….

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