In the beginning stages of Fascism, this was the political ‘style’ of all totalitarian types. It began in France with the ‘Action Francaise’ and spread all over Europe under various names and finally articulated itself fully as Nazism.
Politically, all these ‘ism’s’ are unique, but they ALL held this ‘style’ in common... their arbitrary, mindless, crude and malicious intimidation and intolerance.
Nothing and no one was exempt from THEIR open and very violent behavior.
No establishment agencies stood up to them, so of course there was a wholesale destruction of the traditional, assured legal ‘rights’ of citizens. The long standing rights of citizens who disagreed were not respected, or tolerated. Nothing was salvaged.