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Because its an easy name to come up with, and most of lemmy is left wing. They get upset with someone, and Nazi is the first thing to come to mind. Doesn't matter if the leftist is the one calling for the genocide of 7 million jews, the leftist doesn't care.
Its similar to calling someone a bastard, you don't actually care if they were born out of wedlock, you're just want to call them names.
The way I see it is probably not the way you see it. However, when it comes to words like “bastard” can we agree that certain words (especially “swear” words or those with disparaging or negative meanings) are reused with various meanings based on the context?
“Bastard” is almost universally no longer used to describe a child born out of wedlock, and is instead used as a pejorative term.
The same is being done with “nazi” and “fascist”. They are being used as pejorative terms towards people who the users of the words feel are acting similarly to nazis or fascists. There may be some who literally mean “the holocaust”, but broadly, it’s referring to the actions and policies taken by the nazi party during that time. Likewise “fascist” is describing fascist-esque action and policy. Like Margot Robbie I’m sure you don’t control the railways or the flow of commerce. But if one espouses fascist ideology, I think the label is somewhat warranted.
Yeah, that would be a difference of opinion. The way I usually see them used is simply as a insult. There's actual people who want to commit another holocaust, but the word Nazi is almost never used to describe them. Hamas is a perfect example, topical even. But no one is calling them Nazis for reasons beyond me. Fascism is even more watered down.
I’d say that’s a hot take, but I forgot I’m in a conservative community