If you call a Trumper a "Nazi," how inaccurate is that?

[Patterson]

I imagine many of them don't even know what the more accurate "fascist" means.

[TreasonousBastard]

1. "Asshole" works, too.

[vercetti2021]

2. Dipshits work as well

Considering most of them have the collective IQ of a gnat.

[TheRealNorth]

3. "Nazi" would mean they were an adherent to the German Fascist movement....

If they were sporting swastikas or wearing t-shirts saying, "6 million wasn't enough", then chances are they are Nazi's. But Fascist is a more accurate term as it fits Trumpism to a T.

[Amishman]

11. Agreed, it's not Naziism. Fascism in it's traditional sense isn't quite right either

Trumpism doesn't fit any of the old definitions.

I'd say the best description is palingenetic ultranationalism with a capitalist emphasis

[EYESORE 9001]

4. Traitor works too

Heard an anecdote about a veteran wearing a service-related hat who encountered a MAGAt wearing a red rump hat.

MAGAt: Thank you for your service.

Veteran: Fuck off, traitor.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

5. Appropriate response I'd say ...

Have a Trumper next door to me. I ignore him.

Wasting intelligence over a Trumper is futile.

[Aristus]

6. I think it's pretty accurate.

I think, looking back on the history of the Nazis in Germany, that we get confused by the flashy uniforms, the neckties, the shiny boots, the marching, and the discipline. For all of that, the Nazis were nothing more than squalid street thugs. The ranks were bulging with losers, criminals, pimps, misfits, the undereducated, and so on. The same is absolutely true for TFG's followers.

[MineralMan]

7. "Nazi" describes a specific type of fascist.

Just as all squares are rectangles, but all rectangles are not squares.

Fascism is a generic word. Nazi is a specific name for one group of fascists.

So, it is inaccurate from the very start.

[niyad]

8. F'n traitor works for me. I try not to use words that they may not understand.

[Thomas Hurt]

9. Trump is not a Nazi, nazis were specific to a time and place in history.

Modern fascists who call themselves neo-nazis are not really nazis. Trump isn't Hitler, he isn't like Hitler. He isn't a nazi.

Trump is not a fascist from the last century he is a modern fascist, an American fascist.

IMO, Trump is a christofascist. Christian fascism. Trump isn't really christian but he has no problem using fundie Christians to support his fascist agenda and wannabe dictatorship. I don't think that the fundie leadership think Trump is a christian, but they have no problem using him to support their goal of an American Christian Theocracy.

[Poiuyt]

10. I call them neo-fascists

They're not exactly like Mussolini, but they certainly follow his philosophy.

[leftstreet]

14. +1

[Marrah_Goodman]

12. I think it is appropriate.

[Kid Berwyn]

13. Me, too.

“Fine people.” - Donald J. Trump

[krawhitham]

15. If you give aid and comfort to a Nazi, YOU ARE A NAZI

[ProfessorGAC]

16. Not Totally Accurate

But, who cares?
It's a gut punch against those who've been gut punching for 50+ years.
Eliciting a visceral reaction is more important that sociopolitical accuracy.

[BGBD]

17. Many are

Right wing populists.... which is about an hour of "doing my own research" away from sounding a lot like Richard Spencer....who is certainly a neo-nazi.