The depressing reason why we use "Nazi" to refer to our domestic racist goons is it's the one pose they take that's universally rejected.
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Replying to @tomscocca @IChotiner
That's true but it's also the case these goobers are waving around swastika flags, denying Holocaust etc. So label fits.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @IChotiner
But it fails to capture the centrality of the Confederacy to their symbolism and self-construction.
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Pretty sure "Jews will not replace us" was not a Confederate chant.
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True but on the other hand, it wasn't a Nazi monument they were rallying in defense of.
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Surely true story here is emerging fusion between native USA KKK tradition & global Nazi-inflected right?
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Replying to @nycsouthpaw @HeerJeet and
Nope, been that way since the inception of the Third Klan.
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Replying to @nycsouthpaw @warneagle and
Fair point.
12:44 PM - 13 Aug 2017
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Replying to @HeerJeet @nycsouthpaw and
Wasn't Hitler fan of US way of handling race?
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