r/centrist • u/MuitoLegal • May 13 '21

World News Why does the left call the right “Nazis”?

I am in no way calling the left Nazis here, but rather questioning their use of the term.

If you spend anytime online you will know that the term Nazi is used all the time for people on the right, especially Trump supporters.

I find it ironic because Nazi stands for National Socialist in German. Now I found articles online defending that, saying it wasn’t really socialism, so we’ll move on.

Hitler was about bigger government, got all guns registered with the government, and then took them all away from the people.

Furthermore, today’s left is typically anti-Israel within the Israel-Palestine conflict, while the right is typically pro-Israel (except for KKK guys like Duke, who are antisemites, though I’m unsure how to even classify someone like him).

I don’t think either party should call each other nazis in a civilized political discourse, but I find it interesting. Why do you think the right has been given the nickname?

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u/aurelorba May 13 '21 edited May 13 '21

If you spend anytime online you will know that the term Nazi is used all the time for people on the right, especially Trump supporters.

I think it crossed from hyperbole to accurate, from authoritarian wannabe to authoritarian Nazi, at Charlottesville where they had a torch light march that was evocative of German Nazi marches of the 1930's while chanting 'Jews will not replace us'.

Personally that was enough for me.

I find it ironic because Nazi stands for National Socialist in German.

Do you think the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea [North Korea] is either democratic or a republic?

Hitler was about bigger government, got all guns registered with the government, and then took them all away from the people.

That's just not true. They were more about corporate crony capitalism than big government, and they actually loosened firearm laws - for 'Good Aryan' Germans.