[briandear]

Nazis? While your sentiment can be respected, comparing the US to a national-socialist political party that manufactured and entire industry of exterminating so-called inferior races is hyperbole to the extreme. Now if you had said Stasi..

[e40]

comparing the US to a national-socialist political party

That's a good one. Saying Nazis were socialists. The word you're looking for starts with an f.

[vcarl]

Take a look at where the Wikipedia page for "National Socialism" takes you.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Socialism

[reitanqild]

Not only is nazi a shortening of National Socialism but it is also easy to understand when you look at how much focus there was on common effort compared to individual freedoms.

IMO calling nazis right wing is just a very effectibe play to frame liberals and conservatives as closer to Nazis.