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"Racial cleansing" in German universities took part in 1935, the "Final solution" (started in 1942) was unthinkable at the time, and the immediate consequences of the "cleansing" was that "just" "some people were not being able to give lectures", but that policy alone had indeed been detrimental for science in Germany. We have payed the price for those lessons, and have the right to learn from them.

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I'm not sure if adding a slippery slope step to Godwin's law makes a functional difference.

Godwin's law does not invalidate argument. “[Godwin] rejected the idea that whoever invokes Godwin's Law has lost the argument, and argues that appropriate application of the rule "should function less as a conversation ender and more as a conversation starter"” - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law

> Godwin's law does not invalidate argument

I never said it did. I'm saying you're falling to split whatever hairs you were looking for with this argument.

Note that KerrAvon invoked Godwin, not zczc. Also note that historically, some slopes have proven themselves to be actually slippery.

> some slopes have proven themselves to be actually slippery

Sure, and some haven't. So being able to imagine one means exactly nothing.

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