The intentional perversion of the language is a hallmark of the totalitarian mind, something Orwell knew well and made the center piece of 1984. They have distorted the meaning of the name "Fascist" so that most perfect descriptor of today's leftist intelligentsia is all but unusable too, again IMHO, with malice aforethought.
Bump that! The typical American leftie is more like a fascist that a Communist. But how many times have you heard the contradictory term "right-wing Nazi"?