I don’t no where this talking point came from but I have seen it used by conservatives for probably the last year or so. Somehow the Nazi’s have become leftists in conservative arguments.
That’s been going on for years. Mostly because American conservatives consist of equal parts intellectually dishonest elitists and useful idiots, so there’s no actual intellectual rigor or real analysis anywhere in the entire Republican party.
Burn it down 2020!
They simply found out that Nazi is shorthand for National Socialism and they cannot separate that from the hated Commie Pinko Socialists. I’ve had this actual conversation with a co-worker, and there was absolutely no changing his mind. I guess explaining that North Korea is not a Democratic People’s Republic was probably off the table, too.
Yea, that is the argument they use. That there is “socialism” in their name. Anyone using that argument is of course an idiot.
Next time you get that, remind them that the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire.
Are they aware that Nazis hated communists more than anybody except Jews?
When Adam mentioned the Holy Roman Empire, I nearly spit out my coffee laughing. The chances of this co-worker knowing the HRE even existed has to be 1/100, having a nuanced thought about the politics and motivations associated with either of those ideologies besides “commies are bad” is virtually non-existent.
If we took a tour through the company parking lot, every five cars or so has either a confederate flag liscense plate (in Yankee ass New York), an “America is Full so Fuck off sticker” or maybe even the classiest “I am the Infidel Allah warned you about” inscribed in an M16. Classy place, brimming with top class intellects.
Where do you work, at a bagel shop??
Another link from my conservative Facebook friend is a video purporting to show “An in-depth look at the power-hungry Mitch McConnell, and how his policies could destroy the Republican Party.”
Now, needless to say, I’m no fan of Mitch McConnell. But it’s a little scary how quickly the Trumpsucking media turns on someone their Dear Leader has designated to be the enemy du jour.
We absolutely have an authoritarianism proto-mechanism in place, here. It’s like a miniature dictatorship and Ministry of Information within a still functioning (knock on wood) republic.
And 70% of it is likely to be the Russians. 28% is home-grown nutjobs. And the remaining 2% is, improbably, almond-butter.
Black licorice and marzipan are my favorite things. But what does this say about my political affiliation?
As long as there’s no Xantham gum
That you’re Dutch?
It’s been a talking point since I’ve paid attention to politics. So… late 80’s early 90’s at the very least.
Because it has the word socialism right there in the name!
Also North Korea is a democracy.
Also the Republican Party of 150 years ago was a bastion of progressive thought. Et cetera, et cetera. It’s just too hard to get into nuanced discussion of history over Facebook.
Have you heard about Robert Byrd!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?1
<obligatory picture of Hillary and Byrd>
Yet… they’re the ones hanging out with the Klan… so. The Klan is bad. Well WAS bad, now it’s totally cool. Also Hillary loves the Klan. But Hillary is bad because of it.
Look just grab an armband and start chanting Klan slogans alright?
I had just never heard anyone seriously argue it until last year. I mean who is stupid enough to think Hitler was a communist?
Not a communist. A socialist. Of course all socialists are communists, but only when it serves their purpose.
The idea is that right wing ideology has literally never done anything bad. All genocides and mass murders are the results of liberal ideologies.
All of them.
