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3. Because that word has a negative image.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Thu Jun 12, 2025, 01:28 PM

Jun 12

Eventually, they might try to rehabilitate that word and adopt it, or at least celebrate it.

But they clearly admire hitler and his ilk. They'd use the term if it didn't have such a bad image.

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Why don't Nazis want to be called [View all] malaise Jun 12 OP

Good question! SheltieLover Jun 12 #1

I don't give a single fuck what they want. Moostache Jun 12 #2

Because that word has a negative image. unblock Jun 12 #3

The term has baggage so they used a different term. bucolic_frolic Jun 12 #4

Because they're Trumpzis ? C_U_L8R Jun 12 #5

Because calling themselves "Patriots" , "Nationalists", and "Republicans" sells better to the all American Rubes. Ping Tung Jun 12 #6

All morons hate it when you call them morons. maveric Jun 12 #7

A tax is to a tariff as a Nazi is to a: Republican? White Nationalist? Trumpster? All of the above? nt AnotherMother4Peace Jun 12 #8