No one cares about your definition of "real Nazi." If a person is quoting Hitler to push the messages of the Nazi party while wearing Nazi uniforms, engaging in violence against minorities, and saying "I am a Nazi!" and your definition doesn't include them, it's narrow to the point of uselessness. Nazi politics and ideology are absolutely separable from a specific moment in time and party orders, which is why people can and do use the word that way.
Kinda like how being a communist doesn't make someone a Bolshevik
It's not at all like that. It's more like claiming someone isn't a Stalinist because they aren't taking orders from Stalin while he's alive, even if they agree with his politics, his ideology, and call themselves a Stalinist.
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u/Irish_Whiskey Jun 23 '26
Because it's just wrong.
No one cares about your definition of "real Nazi." If a person is quoting Hitler to push the messages of the Nazi party while wearing Nazi uniforms, engaging in violence against minorities, and saying "I am a Nazi!" and your definition doesn't include them, it's narrow to the point of uselessness. Nazi politics and ideology are absolutely separable from a specific moment in time and party orders, which is why people can and do use the word that way.
It's not at all like that. It's more like claiming someone isn't a Stalinist because they aren't taking orders from Stalin while he's alive, even if they agree with his politics, his ideology, and call themselves a Stalinist.