[dfwgator]

Brownshirts were Leftists, many were recruited from the ranks of the Communists, the Nazis had better beer.

[Jim Noble]

Brownshirts were the shock troops of the NSDAP, they arose in reaction to the Red Front, who were doing EXACTLY what the anti-Trump demonstrators are doing now.

I think the NSDAP was sui generis, I think it's pointless to try to assign them a spot on the Left-Right spectrum.