A term coined by Michael Scandirito in response to Peggy Noonan's WSJ Opinion article titled "Get Ready for the Struggle Season" (posted on March 7th, 2019). It is inspired by the adage Godwin's Law. Whereas Godwin's Law refers to online discussions that have a reached a point in which there is a higher probability of encountering comparisons to Nazis and / or Hitler, Scandirito's Law refers to a higher likelihood that journalists will appeal rhetorically to the biases of specific political orientations during significant social events by comparing their ideological opponents' approaches to those of the Cultural Revolution.
Source:
Noonan, P. (2019). Get ready for the struggle season. WSJ Opinion.
Source:
Noonan, P. (2019). Get ready for the struggle season. WSJ Opinion.
This article strongly reflects Scandirito's Law since the author is drawing serious comparisons between people using hashtags on Twitter and the assassins of the Cultural Revolution.
by Pan-Love March 8, 2019
Get the Scandirito's Lawmug. "As a twitter hashtag grows larger, the probability of a comparison to terrorists or ISIS approaches one." There is a tradition in many groups that, once this occurs, that argument is over, and whoever mentioned terrorists has automatically lost whatever argument was in progress. Reese's law thus practically guarantees of an upper bound on a hashtags lifespan and overall size.
by brofessor_oak October 10, 2014
Get the reese's lawmug. Arken's Law, which states that a discussion is over when a camparison is made to the book 1984, was invented on www.iidb.org. While it was Arken who came up with the idea that Orwellian references are much abused, it was someotherguy who suggested that a law similar to Godwin's be applied.
User 1: Big Brother is here! Welcome to 1984!
User 2: I invoke Arken's Law by declaring this discussion over and you are retarded.
User 2: I invoke Arken's Law by declaring this discussion over and you are retarded.
by me October 31, 2004
Get the arken's lawmug. Similar to Godwin's Law, the idea that, in an argument about musical business models, it only worked for Band XYZ "because they were famous/unknown / big/small" such as Radiohead or Nine Inch Nails," regardless of the amount of data which supports conclusions to the contrary.
That band could never make any money off of giving their music away for free - it only worked for Radiohead because they're famous!
See Masnick's law.
See Masnick's law.
by K-Dav June 22, 2008
Get the Masnick's Lawmug. by oldsmoboat June 27, 2005
Get the oldsmoboat's lawmug. In music, any cover for a song that is better than its original version. Named after Bob Dylan, one of the best singer songwriters ever that has the misfortune to have all his songs performed better by others.
A: So, what's on the playlist menu today?
B: Wll,m today we're on the Dylan's Law diet, so we'll have 'Eric Clapton — While My Guitar Gently Weeps (live)' followed by Jonny Cash's Hurt.
A: Rock it away!
or
A: Is that Jonny Cash performing 'personal Jesus'?
B: Yes
A: didn't know this song was under Dylan's Law.
B: Wll,m today we're on the Dylan's Law diet, so we'll have 'Eric Clapton — While My Guitar Gently Weeps (live)' followed by Jonny Cash's Hurt.
A: Rock it away!
or
A: Is that Jonny Cash performing 'personal Jesus'?
B: Yes
A: didn't know this song was under Dylan's Law.
by e-shy July 15, 2014
Get the dylan's lawmug. The law of averages that states that sooner or later in a reason-minded discussion about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, someone will attempt to refute the entire discussion or argument with a statement equivalent to "But we're talking about four mutant ninja turtles living in a sewer!"
by Kevin Laird December 27, 2011
Get the Crisler's Lawmug.