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It's not unreasonable. The point I am trying to make (and at which I am obviously failing) is that it's not because Nazis carry one kind of flag, perform one ki
by eeks 9y ago
It's not unreasonable. The point I am trying to make (and at which I am obviously failing) is that it's not because Nazis carry one kind of flag, perform one kind of salute and chant one kind of chant, that people doing the same things are Nazis.
Historically, all this folklore was a mean to an end. But the end came first. There was a plan to overthrow the government, a failed coup d'état, an relatable ideology, a strong, trained and motivated leadership, a propaganda, active enrollments and daily militia marching. In two words, actual politics.
Given their complete lack of all these, it seems to me very hasty and politically motivated to call these morons Nazis. Instead of dealing with these people for what there are - lunatics, it creates a fear for something that simply does not exists.
- microwavecamera 9y agoJust because they're not currently very good at what they do doesn't preclude them from being one, especially when many of these groups self identify as neo-Nazis. It's the same intent with the same goal. The Nazi's in Germany in the early 1930's were pretty much a bunch of screw-ups when they started. Many Germans at the time regarded them as fringe "lunatics", but we all know how that turned out.