contemporary American rightwingers to suddenly discover that Communism and Fascism are the same thing
I didn't "suddenly" discover that ... I realized it right away, 'way back in middle-school, when I learned what Communism and National Socialism were.
Have many American conservatives have ever claimed that Franco was on the left?
More of the problem: Do Left and Right describe economic freedom, personal freedom, religious freedom, something else? The original meaning (back to the French parliament) was economic.
Thank you! And noted.