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Who could say (or take) that seriously? Isn’t there some analogue to Godwin’s law for this¹ — i.e. false dichotomies, ever since, “with us or against us”?

We got the following comment on Bureaucracy may destroy the public school system.

Anonymous said… Homeschooling does not allow for all students’ needs. Lets get real. Only parents who can afford to stay home all day can afford to home school. Also, parents who are academically challenged cannot effectively homes school their own children. If a parent wishes to home school they make the choice on their own. To constantly criticize public schools will not help poor performing schools. It seems as though all home school educators do is surf the web in search of public school horror stories. If you have all day to sit at home and have your kids work on worksheets or drill and kill on the computer, take time to work with the public schools and make them better. You see public schools belong to the public and their successes or failures also belong to the public at large. If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. [emphasis mine]

via::“Why Homeschool”

1. “There is a tradition in many newsgroups and other Internet discussion forums that once such a comparison is made, the thread is finished and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically “lost” whatever debate was in progress. This principle is itself frequently referred to as Godwin’s Law.” [↩]