Time To Define Terms

As you know the word Nazi has been all the rage lately. However, I doubt that most people know what it really means. When you think Nazi, you think Hitler and you should. However, do you know Hitler's ideology? This separates the professionals from the rank amateurs.

Nazi is an abbreviated term for the German words National Socialism. As the name suggests, features of nationalism and socialism are combined to form a National Socialist ideology, although the combination process isn't very straightforward. The term most typically refers to Nazism, which was the extreme form of the National Socialism ideology of the German Nazi Party (National Socialist German Workers' Party, or NAtionalsoZIalistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP)), which was led by Adolf Hitler.

Notice I purposely put the letters NA and ZI in caps. Nazi is an acronym more than anything else. So when somebody calls you or any other conservative a Nazi, they're calling you an extreme socialist. Don't let them get away with that.

Now Nancy Pelosi, the one who started all this, said the following:

PELOSI: I think they are Astroturf -- you be the judge -- of carrying swastikas and symbols like that to a town hall meeting on health care.

Here's what she was really referring to. (HT Atlas Shrugs):



This photo states two things: The crowd opposes Nazi Fascism, and the crowd correctly identifies King Hussein and the Democrat leadership as Fascists and Nazi-like radical Socialists. This is a classic leftist tactic: accuse your opponent of what they're guilty of. Calling in union thugs to these townhall meetings is astroturfing. If you look at this article, you'll see that David Axelrod practically invented astroturfing.

Going Forward Nancy Pelosi will be known as Nazi Pelocchio, because she's a radical socialist and a (poor) liar.

You can read more about National Socialism here. (HT Huffing and Puffington Post & Wikipedia):

Huffing and Puffington Post: David Axelrod: A Tale of Two Firms
Wikipedia: National Socialism