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In reply to the discussion: Romney campaign tells Obama to 'rein in his supporters' on Nazi comments [View all]MyshkinCommaPrince
(611 posts)37. This.
Last edited Thu Sep 6, 2012, 12:48 PM - Edit history (1)
Absolutely. It's an important distinction. They can be described as fascist fairly accurately, and an opportunity is created to explain the definition. Call someone a Nazi and the specific history and atrocities associated with German National Socialism are drawn into play. That leads to mere name-calling and the one using the Nazi label is likely to be accused of hyperbole and be discredited.
Fascism in America will not look like Nazism.
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Romney campaign tells Obama to 'rein in his supporters' on Nazi comments [View all]
trailmonkee
Sep 2012
OP
Usually they mash up communist, socialist, and fascist--as though they are all the same thing! nt
tblue37
Sep 2012
#17
Yes they say 'uhhh, a socialist'. Ok whats a socialist? 'Uhhh, like Hitler'... LOL nt
docgee
Sep 2012
#65
When I feel the shoe fits, I'll slap it on their damned foot and they can just STFU.
kestrel91316
Sep 2012
#6
Old-fashioned, Spirit-filled, Christ-honoring, sin-hating, soul-winning, Bible preaching
lunasun
Sep 2012
#45
+1000000 for sticking to our own point, instead of getting drawn into THEIR point.
patrice
Sep 2012
#58
We need to distill Fascist into a sound-bite. I like to say something TTE, "a blind drive to power
patrice
Sep 2012
#60
It's the pot calling the kettle black. So cravenly hypocritical. You first Romney. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2012
#16
Mitt should rein in wannabe murderer Rove, wannabe hot-poker-wielder Barbour, and McCarthyite Allen
highplainsdem
Sep 2012
#22
Why? The Nazi party did in fact use similar tactics that the current GOP is using. nt
cstanleytech
Sep 2012
#24
When you use Goebbels techniques, you should expect to compared to him - legitimately and fairly
on point
Sep 2012
#48
Mitt Rohmney and Paul ARyan are country club zealots and clowns, not down and dirty nazis
aint_no_life_nowhere
Sep 2012
#51