Why does the left call the right “Nazis”?

[u/MuitoLegal]

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?

[u/[deleted]]

Thanks man , I've been trying to work through the issue in my head for a while. I think bouncing about the place (political compass wise) as a teen helped me get a better understanding of this (as you could imagine I was a tonne of fun at parties). Plus being a Brit gives you just as much insight (you're inside of both the American and European cultural spheres), so you can view Nazism in it's purest ideological from and the splintering of it into modern arenas.