"Godwin's Law, n." - Word of the Day from the OED

[Mark Kohut]

Is there a word for this trope which some journalists love to joke with?
 
It goes (in intended guilt by association)....."you know who else was a vegetarian?" 
                                          "You know who else wore uniforms?"
Etc....
 
Can be funny.
 

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 From: Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org> 
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 3:20 AM
Subject: Re: "Godwin's Law, n." - Word of the Day from the OED
  
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 2:10 AM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:

> OED Online Word of the Day
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> Your word for today is: Godwin's Law, n.

http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/340583

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GodwinsLaw
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