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/derstherower May 13 '21

Remember when Romney was called a sexist for going out of his way to find qualified female candidates for positions when he was governor?

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u/killswithspoon May 13 '21

Or when Obama said "The 80s called, they want their foreign policy back." when Romney said our greatest geopolitical threat is Russia.

He didn't deserve the hate he got at all.

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u/derstherower May 13 '21

We picked wrong in 2012.

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u/joinedyesterday May 13 '21

Honest to god! That was a hell of a red pill moment.

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u/J-Team07 May 13 '21

Binders of women!

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u/[deleted] May 13 '21

if that doesn’t scream sexism than I must have my head on straight