“I’m going to give you a list of characteristics that define an ideology and the founder of that ideology. There’s a quiz at the end of it so listen carefully:
1. A Socialist who believes all business should be run by the State and all profits made by business should be the property of the State.
2. Despises personal profit as greedy and against the good of the state.
3. Believes in a strong, state-run education system to instill the ideologies of “the party” counter to the teachings of parents and families.
4. Has full run of the media and used it exclusively to propagandize the views of the party.
5. When their economic system weakens, they seek to tighten regulations on business and to absorb the economies of others to compensate.
6. Anti gun and even implements and then enforces a national confiscation of firearms.
7. Pro abortion.
8. Pro euthanasia.
9. Pro eugenics.
10. Animal-rights activist.
11. Vegetarian.
12. Believes personal sexual fetishes are fine and a private matter, especially for politicians.
13. Hates Christianity and anti-religion in general, though tries to use the church for political support when needed.
14. Vehement anti-smoker who wants to ban all smoking nationally.
15. Believes in national healthcare as part of their Socialist platform.
16. Tries to enforce national exercise programs for both the physical and fiscal health of the State.
I’ve just highlighted some of the traits of Hitler and his Nazi party, which roughly translates as the ‘National Socialist Party.’ Here’s the quiz: Does this sound more like today’s American Christian conservative, or the left wing of the Democrat party?”
In my previous experience with Lefties on college campuses, the Nazi moniker is hurled at Conservatives due to not legitimizing/accepting/supporting their involvement in item #12.
Heaven help you if you question their sexual proclivities and deviance. Then you're a Nazi.
However, the funniest way that I've seen handling the "Nazi" thing is by P.J. O'Rourke.
He essentially says that he's O.K. with being called a Nazi because on the whole, there are very few women who have a sexual fantasy of being ravished by someone dressed as a Liberal.
You forgot (from the article):
17. Proposed to seize all unearned income for use by the State.
Since banking, interest on loans, the ownership of stock, and all manner of sources of unearned income are the very foundation of a capitalist economic system, this point alone proves the Nazis were Leftists.