Lot's of platitudes and razors say "hello" frequently. The thing that those that like to retreat to pointing them out seem to miss is this...

they are not a law

nor are the always applicable...

Sometimes they are useful...

Other times they are simply an escape hatch used by the mentally lazy to justify engaging mental spam filters...

EDIT: In respect to Godwin's law in particular...

It does indeed tend to be a trend.

That doesn't mean in some cases it may not be the truth.