Proletariat Blog

“Republicans are Nazi’s.” It’s the left’s hardwired strawman argument. No evidence needed. No thinking required. This is not just an isolated argument/slander/attack/insult… it’s pervasive on the left.

• Byrd assailed for Nazi remark
• NAACP chairman makes GOP/Nazis comparison
• Siege Heil: The Bush-Rove-Schwarzenegger Nazi Nexus and the Destabilization of California
• Neo-fascists and Terrorists Against Liberty
• Prescott and Adolf: W’s grandfather helped fund Hitler and the Nazi party
• 1. republican nazi (Urban Dictionary)
• A Fresh Look: Nazis and the Republican Party
• It is ABSOLUTELY appropriate to make Nazi comparisons
• Garofalo Says Inked Salute Like Nazis
• Art: Republicans, Nazis and Communists
• Republicans ARE nazis

If only I had a nickel for every time a liberal has mentioned Geobbels in reference to conservatism I’d be a millionaire.

The Nazi reference is pulled out all to often. For instance, decry the filth and perverted priorities of Hollywood and your a Nazi.

In doing so, Medved echoed the sentiments of other conservatives who, whether they like it or not, are promoting a standard of art that the world has seen before. A standard marrying a style with a political attitude. A standard used to keep an ill-informed public brainwashed. A standard adopted by Communists and Nazis. ~mydd.com

There’s absolutely no reason to go there. Disagreement is not grounds for creating a Nazi strawman.

The Nazi neocons are supposedly following the well worn path of Hitler. 9-11 is the reichtstag.

Hitler wrote about his plans in advance in Mein Kempf. Hitler’s regime used patriotism and fear of terrorism coupled with religious rhetoric to convince the masses to quietly go along with their plans. The Germans never questioned the official line on the Reichstag Fire, even though it made little sense. They never questioned why Poland would be so stupid as to invade Germany, even though it made little sense. They never questioned why their rights were being “temporarily” suspended through the Enabling Act because it was necessary to fight the terrorists, even though it made little sense.

The neocons in power wrote about their plans in advance with The Project for a New American Century. The Bush administration uses patriotism and fear of terrorism coupled with religious rhetoric to convince the masses to quietly go along with their plans. The Americans never questioned the official line on the 9/11 attacks, even though it made little sense. They never questioned why Iraq would be so stupid as to want to attack the U.S., even though it made little sense. They never questioned why their rights were being “temporarily” suspended through the Patriot Act because it was necessary to fight the terrorists, even though it made little sense.

“We must never forget that everything Hitler did was legal.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.

~democraticunderground.com

I’m not sure that the MLK quote is accurate… hmm.

The Nazi Conspiracy

Some even cross over into the conspiracy swamp, where not only are Republicans acting, talking, or resembling Nazi’s in some tangential and fabricated manner, they ARE Nazi’s! (Maybe even Hitler himself?)

Investigative reporter Christopher Simpson says in BLOWBACK that after World War II, Nazi émigrés were given CIA subsidies to build a far-right-wing power base in the U.S. These Nazis assumed prominent positions in the Republican Party’s “ethnic outreach committees.” Simpson documents the fact that these Nazis did not come to America as individuals but as part of organized groups with fascist political agendas. The Nazi agenda did not die along with Adolf Hitler. It moved to America (or a part of it did) and joined the far right of the Republican Party. ~Carla Binion

The problem, of course, is that this is not just an overt problem, it is a covert problem as well. The reason so many easily take that step into Nazi accusations is that the entire liberal political theory is based on this exact idea.  Don’t believe me? Then what are they talking about when they say America is an empire? That we are an imperialist and militaristic nation which is dangerous to the world?

What is fascism but imperialism and militarism? Warmongers and rascists is how a majority of the left paints Republicans. Isn’t this essentially the same thing as outright calling Republicans Nazis?

Can We End the American Empire Before It Ends Us?

In politics, as in medicine, a cure based on a false diagnosis is almost always worthless, often worsening the condition that is supposed to be healed. The United States, today, suffers from a plethora of public ills. Most of them can be traced to the militarism and imperialism that have led to the near-collapse of our Constitutional system of checks and balances.   ~Chalmers Johnson