Primateus, on 24 November 2018 - 10:03 PM, said:
Not a question of American politics, specifically, so maybe a little off-topic?
But, can someone tell me where the claim that facism and nazism are actually left-wing ideologies come from?
Because just a few years ago I'd never heard of that, everone agreed they were extreme right-wing.
For Fascism---people conflating it with totalitarianism, totalitarianism with Communism, and Communism with leftism in general (and Progressivism in particular, especially regulations on speech, behavior, and lifestyle).
For Nazism---partly from misconstruing the term 'National Socialist'; but mostly from the old tactic of 'accuse your enemies of doing what you're doing'... a bit like the related claim that Democrats are the real racists because they were pro-slavery---but with even less historical understanding. Not sure how much of it is genuine ignorance and how much is willfully irrational motivated 'reasoning'....
This post has been edited by Azath Vitr (D'ivers: 24 November 2018 - 10:15 PM