re: #519 Hotspur666

I’m looking for some more info on the link between Nazis and right wing extremism. Something with some meat that shows how they compare.

I’m having a bit of a hard time convincing myself that an American Conservative becomes a Nazi when he goes bad. Obviously, I’m starting with the premise that conservatives are right wing and liberals are left wing — this is pretty standard, right?

What I can’t quite explain is how a right-winger who believes in the 2nd amendment, probably God, low/no taxation, small/no govt would morph into a Nazi when he gets radicalized. Nazis were big gun-grabbers, officially atheists, big taxers, and giant govt types (3rd Reich, after all). Its like the right-winger needs a brain transplant to get there. Gunning down innocents in a medical clinic, yes; but Nazi seems real difficult.

OTOH, if a liberal goes nutty, well OK, I can almost see a logical path. Liberals want guns controlled, secular society, big taxes, and a govt that covers a lot of ground. That seems far closer to what we saw in the 30s and 40s.

However, its pretty clear that every report on this dead Nazi in Maine is considered to be a right winger. Help?