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Their whites are whiter, but their colored things are brighter.

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Calling a spade a spade isn't an analogy, so, ironically, the case of actual neo-Nazis might be the only instance in which Godwin's Law fails.

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Might not necessarily be a good idea to try to publish racist waffle in Britain. The law over there <a href="http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/8301-17852_3-57405599-71\/british-man-jailed-for-racist-tweet\/" target="_blank">recently took a pretty dim view</a> of some knucklehead soccer fan who took to Twitter, using racial epithets to dance on the grave (prematurely, it turned out) of an African soccer player who had a heart attack on the field.

This British expat also apologizes for Derbyshire's fuckheadedness.

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(except that <em>Schenck</em> was superceded by <em>Brandenburg</em>, wherein the "imminent lawless action" test forbade the outlawing of speech whose banning <em>Schenk's</em> "clear and present danger" test would have permitted - thus raising doubt as to whether the fire example from the earlier case's obiter dicta is still applicable)

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<i>...more commonly known as “neo-Nazis.” </i>

Pretty sure they're just plain NAZIs. And I am proudly on their do not resuscitate list.

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Between these douchebags and the two more in OK, it seems like someone wants to crank up a full scale race war or something.

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Ooh. Civil Rights! Now, that's something <i>everyone</i> can enjoy!

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Fox later referred to The Final Solution as Urban Renewal.

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Their whites are whiter, but their colored things are brighter.

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Calling a spade a spade isn't an analogy, so, ironically, the case of actual neo-Nazis might be the only instance in which Godwin's Law fails.

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Might not necessarily be a good idea to try to publish racist waffle in Britain. The law over there <a href="http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/8301-17852_3-57405599-71\/british-man-jailed-for-racist-tweet\/" target="_blank">recently took a pretty dim view</a> of some knucklehead soccer fan who took to Twitter, using racial epithets to dance on the grave (prematurely, it turned out) of an African soccer player who had a heart attack on the field.

This British expat also apologizes for Derbyshire's fuckheadedness.

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(except that <em>Schenck</em> was superceded by <em>Brandenburg</em>, wherein the "imminent lawless action" test forbade the outlawing of speech whose banning <em>Schenk's</em> "clear and present danger" test would have permitted - thus raising doubt as to whether the fire example from the earlier case's obiter dicta is still applicable)

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<i>...more commonly known as “neo-Nazis.” </i>

Pretty sure they're just plain NAZIs. And I am proudly on their do not resuscitate list.

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Between these douchebags and the two more in OK, it seems like someone wants to crank up a full scale race war or something.

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Ooh. Civil Rights! Now, that's something <i>everyone</i> can enjoy!

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Fox later referred to The Final Solution as Urban Renewal.

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