IMO it’s more offensive to call MAGAs a Nazi. And I’m certainly looking for maximum effect. I couldn’t care less about the etymology of Nazi.
Nazi doesn’t mean national socialist, as I said it’s literally just the first 4 letters, a shorthand a nickname, American version for Republicans would be Repu/Repus.
Lots of people I have seen that think it’s Nazi because the Sozialistische has the Zi, it’s nonsense, Nazional is how germans pronounce National, hence it’s shortened to Nazi.
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
aesthelete@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I call them Repubs at this point because they don’t want to say things like “Democratic politicians” opting instead for “Democrat politicians” because they’re worried democratic sounds too good.
I think republican sounds too good. They don’t want a republic, they want a tyrant.
Quexotic@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
So, tyrannist? Hmm that’s not catchy. Maybe just autocrat but that doesn’t contain the root of the word tyrannus. Best I got for ya.
bufalo1973@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Tyranids?🤷♂️
aesthelete@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Nah I’ll stick with repubs
Quexotic@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
That works for me dude.
causepix@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
How about nationalist?
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Ridiculously pedantic. Come on.
kameecoding@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I mean, so was my first comment, not sure what you expected 😃
monogram@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
You are confusing National Socialism with Leftist-Nationalism
The reason Hitler added Social to their party name was because it was political suicide not to, not because they where socialists.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
I was quoting the person above me. Read the chain again, I’m well aware of what Nazi means.
monogram@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
Sorry indeed I misplaced my reply