That’s what makes it so ironic.
My liberal father didn’t believe me when I told him that Nazi’s were socialist. He had heard how grand socialism could be under doofus Olbermann. I had to print him out the german name and translation of “National Socialist Party” for him to even understand that.
I had a dolt (read Obama-ite) at work do the same thing. He tried talking about repub policies being like Nazis and I had to slam him down with a dose of truth.