Godwin's Exception 

When a forum member intentionally references Nazis or Hitler to close a thread, the forum member concedes any right to continue the thread, but the thread is not considered closed.

User1: Absolutely ridiculous. You know who else had a special police force that jailed their citizens for disagreeing with them? That's right. The Nazi party.
User2: I'm calling Godwin's Exception. The Godwin's Corollary only functions when you mean it. You're clearly trying to short circuit the conversation.

Godwin's Exception by Chuck80 June 18, 2012

Godwin's Exception 

When the guy who coined "Godwin's Law" says it doesn't apply if it's used to pretend Trump is Hitler he's simply a hypocritical cunt.

It's okay to call Trump Hitler, in spite of Godwin's Law, because of Godwin's Exception, if the user is simply embracing their TDS

Godwin's Exception by DyvCush April 26, 2025