Invoking Hitler

Responding to Republican efforts to change the Senate rules on confirming judicial nominees, Reuters recently quote Senator Robert Byrd comparing the Republicans with Nazis, saying

"Hitler never abandoned the cloak of legality; he recognized the enormous psychological value of having the law on his side," the Democrat from West Virginia said. "Instead, he turned the law inside out and made illegality legal."

Needless to say, not too many people were pleased with such a comparison.

Here's a general rule I've come up with after much thought to govern public discourse. Don't invoke Hitler. All you will do is tick people off. I would think this would be obvious, but apparently it is not.