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'''Reductio ad Hitlerum''', also known as '''Argumentum ad Nazium''', the '''Hitler Card''',<ref>[http://www.fallacyfiles.org/adnazium.html Logical Fallacy: The Hitler Card]</ref> and '''Hitler Ate Sugar''',<ref>[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HitlerAteSugar Hitler Ate Sugar]</ref> is the [[fallacy]] that, where the subject expresses views that may have been held by [[Hitler]], the subject must of the same nature as Hitler.  It is an example of the [[Guilt by Association]] fallacy and is commonly found in [[liberal]] [[smear campaign]]s against [[conservative]]s.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,107426,00.html Ad Comparing Bush to Hitler Gets Heat], from [[Fox News]]</ref>  It is commonly used even when Hitler demonstrably did not hold the view that is being attacked, although it is fallacious even if he did.
 
'''Reductio ad Hitlerum''', also known as '''Argumentum ad Nazium''', the '''Hitler Card''',<ref>[http://www.fallacyfiles.org/adnazium.html Logical Fallacy: The Hitler Card]</ref> and '''Hitler Ate Sugar''',<ref>[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HitlerAteSugar Hitler Ate Sugar]</ref> is the [[fallacy]] that, where the subject expresses views that may have been held by [[Hitler]], the subject must of the same nature as Hitler.  It is an example of the [[Guilt by Association]] fallacy and is commonly found in [[liberal]] [[smear campaign]]s against [[conservative]]s.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,107426,00.html Ad Comparing Bush to Hitler Gets Heat], from [[Fox News]]</ref>  It is commonly used even when Hitler demonstrably did not hold the view that is being attacked, although it is fallacious even if he did.
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==See Also==
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*[[Godwin's law]]
 
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[[Category:Logical Fallacies]]
 
[[Category:Logical Fallacies]]
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