A Kleinheider Joint
An editorial in the City Paper by that smarty-boots A.C. Kleinheider says that Godwin’s Law, and not Senator Andy Berke’s religion, was what made Senator Dewayne Bunch’s “nutritional Nazi police” comment on the floor of the Senate so insulting.
His point is well taken, but Godwin’s Law – which states that “the person who first makes an unwarranted reference to Nazi Germany or Hitler in an argument loses that argument automatically” – and sensitivity to someone’s feelings are not necessarily mutually exclusive. And there are exceptions.
Case in point, Senator Bunch’s bill passed AND he immediately – before any of us “progressive activists” called him out – felt the need to apologize to Senator Berke.
In other words, Senator Bunch hyperbolic comment created discomfort for many reasons.
Here’s the video again. Why? Just because Senator Burchett’s reaction (top left) is fun to watch.
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