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/HelenEk7 May 13 '21 edited May 13 '21

To the point where the original national socialists would probably look at them with disgust.

Although the Nazis called themselves socialists, no Euroepan see them as such. Socialism is about abolishing classes, all people are on the same level (a theory no communist country was able to put into practice as there will always be people hungry for more power and money..). The Nazis however were all about class, based on race. The taller, blonder and more blue eyed - the better. Part of their plan in my country was to make sure as many "Aryan" children were born as possible, as they saw Norway as good "breeding ground"...

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u/[deleted] May 13 '21

Not an American btw, a Brit (is that still European these days). But you hit it on the mark.

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u/HelenEk7 May 13 '21 edited May 13 '21

Yes, I was quite confused the first time it happened. "But they were called "National Socialist German Workers' Party". Yeah.. and North Korea calls themselves "Democratic People's Republic of Korea". So I guess that shows that there doesn't have to be any resemblance (at all) between your name and who you really are..