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Cyrano

(15,388 posts)
Sun May 15, 2022, 06:27 PM May 2022

I'm sick of taking shit for calling Nazis, Nazis [View all]

What's it going to take for every sane American to start using the term "Nazi," instead of "fascist?" The word "Nazi" makes the point. "Fascists" come and go, but it doesn't carry the weight of the reality that 40 million people died in WWII that was begun by Nazis.

We have the most powerful military that has ever existed on the face of the earth. And if the current party of crazies called Republicans manage to gain full power, they just might make Nazi Germany look like a Boy Scout summer camp by spreading their lust for power throughout the entire world. Who's going to stop them?

Does that sound too harsh to you? Sorry, but do you really want to see us ruled by lunatics such as TFG, Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton, Josh Hawley, Gym Jordan, Marjory Taylor Greene, and so, so many others like them? And while we're talking about them, would someone tell me the difference between them, and the Nazis that almost took over the world in the last century? Oh, okay, I get it. They haven't murdered anyone, they haven't deported undesirables to "reeducation" camps, they haven't built gas chambers, and they haven't constructed ovens to dispose of their victim's remains.

No, they haven't done any of these things. Yet. Because they don't have the power to do these things. Yet.

Would you really like to see what would happen if they did have full power? Do you really believe that they don't have the same mindset (insanity) as that which seized Germany? And I'd really like to hear your response to my calling them Nazis. After all, my reality may not be yours. Please show me how terribly wrong I am. And, most importantly, please tell me every possible thing we can do to prevent these people from ever coming to full power.

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they are llashram May 2022 #1
You can call them Nazis all you want, Eko May 2022 #2
Calling them any of those things would be fitting. GoodRaisin May 2022 #10
A couple of points bucolic_frolic May 2022 #3
Personally, I prefer christofascist. Nazi is a term that is too historically loaded. Thomas Hurt May 2022 #4
"A rose, by any other name ... " Cyrano May 2022 #6
You are correct. The only reason they didnt overturn RvW before now Ferrets are Cool May 2022 #5
Roe V Wade is only the first item on their agenda Cyrano May 2022 #7
Yes, they're fascists. onecaliberal May 2022 #8
The troll farms, bots, MAGAts, and Fox News are pushing the far right to the extremes of fascism... AntiFascist May 2022 #9
I can do that. Hotler May 2022 #11
K&R ck4829 May 2022 #12
K&R, M$M needs to stop normalizing hate speech in MAGA Media uponit7771 May 2022 #13
I always enjoy saying Mr.Bill May 2022 #14
What's their problem? Actual Nazis is what they want to be! dchill May 2022 #15
This is so overly dramatic Igirl May 2022 #16
Are you joking with this? AntivaxHunters May 2022 #24
You mean like the nice volks in Charlottesville? Chanting "Jews will not replace us"? JanMichael May 2022 #25
When everyone disliked is called a Nazi or a fascist Sympthsical May 2022 #17
I call them either White Nationalists or White Supremacists just to sidestep the crybabies. Iggo May 2022 #18
I rather prefer the term TallMike May 2022 #19
It asn't too long ago when we were given hell for calling them fascists. I'm sticking with that name yaesu May 2022 #20
It's a free country, call them what you want. It's still inaccurate. WarGamer May 2022 #21
You go too far when you call them Nazis IMO Raine May 2022 #22
Who do you want to have call them Nazis drmeow May 2022 #23
Call what they wannabe 1Thebopper May 2022 #26
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