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In reply to the discussion: Hitler was not a leftist [View all]Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)They were a bunch of rural types who never saw the suffering in the urban areas of Germany during WWI where the people were starving. Some were former vets who thought they could have won WWI if they hadn't been betrayed by Liberals in Berlin who surrendered early. Being "Stabbed in the back" was a powerful meme for their cause. It was a lot like the Right Wing here who claim we could have won in Vietnam if the "Liberal Media" hadn't turned against the war.
When the Right Wing started floating the "Liberal Fascism" nonsense a few years ago REAL historians snickered. Too many people have since bought into that crap. The Nazis were hard core Right Wing and I have a standing invitation to anyone who says otherwise.
I will take them into a biker bar and invite them to walk up to some guy fresh out of prison with a swastika or SS symbol tattooed on their neck and have them tell the guy he's a Liberal while I kick back and watch them get their teeth knocked down their throat.