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Originally Posted by Livia

Unless you're referring to the actual Nazi party, then using the term makes you seem at best, uninformed.

At the same time the actual Nazis - on the extreme Right - were gassing and murdering their way across the world, Stalin - on the extreme Left - was having a massive killing spree of his own. Do I ever hear anyone call someone on the far Left a Communist? A Stalinist? No... because that would be just as stupid as calling people Nazis when the subject you're discussing is about a parsec away from real Nazis.

To an extent, yes, I agree, but I suspect that for most of these people the only thing that is stopping them is lack of means rather than lack of motivation. The ideology is exactly the same - and if they had a nation or an army - I'm not so sure they wouldn't be gassing and murdering their way across the world without hesitation.

I suppose it's important to remember that the Nazi ideology existed in small niche pockets long before those Nazis found their way into power in Germany. They didn't spring up out of the ground. Just because the current groups with white supremacist / Nazi ideologies don't currently have power, doesn't mean that they should be disregarded or ignored as a threat.