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Buzz Clik

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4. I never try to explain. I just laugh it off.
Sat Mar 2, 2013, 01:19 PM
Mar 2013

Just like I laugh it off when people try to equate Hitler to today's US conservatives.

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Tired of having to explain [View all] iamthebandfanman Mar 2013 OP
We know what happened to those folks. formercia Mar 2013 #1
Nazis used to bust in on Communist and Socialist party meetings and beat everyone to a pulp.... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #2
Like cops and Occupy. nt valerief Mar 2013 #3
More like Tea Party types showing up at Town Hall meetings,.... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #5
Yeah, like cops beating up, tear-gassing, and imprisoning Occupy protesters. valerief Mar 2013 #7
That's authoritarian all right... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #9
"Liberal Fascism" Doc_Technical Mar 2013 #13
K & R right here! freshwest Mar 2013 #14
I never try to explain. I just laugh it off. Buzz Clik Mar 2013 #4
Actually, the Conservative Movement uses the same propaganda. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #6
whatever you say Buzz Clik Mar 2013 #8
I could find something similar only with "Arabs"... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #10
Have fun with that. Buzz Clik Mar 2013 #11
You shouldn't. "Never Forget" was about falling for this crap. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #12
Obnoxious as it gets, American conservatism doesn't measure up to Naziism Bucky Mar 2013 #16
Personal freedom? newthinking Mar 2013 #18
I've studied the rise of fascism in Europe. It appealed to the same things Republicans aspire to... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #19
I see a lot of projection here, but not a lot of analysis of objective fact Bucky Mar 2013 #20
So, how would you then define them? Your comments seem to (in a way) let them off the hook newthinking Mar 2013 #21
Good question. Bucky Mar 2013 #26
Just because I didn't devote the time to write a thesis on this topic does not make me wrong.... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #23
OMG Bucky Mar 2013 #25
If I might add. The OP did not say that conservatives were Nazis newthinking Mar 2013 #22
No, I wasn't responding to the OP with this subthread. Bucky Mar 2013 #24
I had to look up "Feindmachten" Bucky Mar 2013 #17
It gets confusing for Americans when the German Commies denounce "Social Democracy" Bucky Mar 2013 #15
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