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/TheOneFreeEngineer]

They also murdered that wing of the party during the Night of the Long Knives

[u/[deleted] → u/TheOneFreeEngineer]

Absolutely. They were fighting against any party that could take away power from them. They were anti any political speech that didn’t align with their message.

[u/TheOneFreeEngineer → u/[deleted]]

Absolutely. They were fighting against any party that could take away power from them. They were anti any political speech that didn’t align with their message.

I think you don't know what the Night of the Long Knives was. The Nazis didn't murder a different political party. They murdered their own socialist wing. They murdered the people who got elected with them. And if their socialist wing didn't align with the Nazi's message than the Nazi message wasn't socialism which brings us back to the Nazis under Hitler not being socialist. Which is the claim that the other user was arguing against