It is curious to me that left wingers, and particularly socialists, refer to those they do not like, particularly Republicans, as Nazi's or Fascists. The Nazi's and Fascists were bad people, so apparently left wingers believe that it is reasonable to call those they don't like a bad name. Nazi's were the German National Socialist Party. They, and Hitler, were indeed socialists. Their beliefs were nothing like those of American right wingers or Republicans. They believed in collective rights as opposed to individual rights. They were secularists who were opposed to Christianity as well as being anti-Semites. They believed in central control of the economy, and were opposed to free trade, and did not permit freedom of expression. In short, they were philosophically the opposite of American Conservatives on almost all issues. The Fascists were the party of Mussolini in Italy. Mussolini started as a communist, but disagreed with the Russian and French communists in that he thought it best to co-opt the leaders of industry to take control of the economy rather than destroying them. Basically Fascists were communists who disagreed with the approach of Lenin and Stalin. They definitely were collectivists opposed to individual rights and philosophically had little in common with Conservatives or Republicans. The one thing that Republicans and Conservatives have in common with Nazi's and Fascists is Nationalism. The left does not like Nationalism, so that may be the characteristc that leads them to refer to the right as Fascists or Nazi's. I think we all need to refuse to continue to debate liberals who refer to Consevatives or Republicans as Nazi's or Fascists until they explain their analogy in detail. On the other hand Liberals have a lot in common with Nazi's. They are collectivists who are in opposition to individual rights and are seculaists. They are opposed to freedom of speech, as indicated by their refusal to let those with whom they disagree speak. In fact they pride themselves on this point. They are racists in that they believe in giving certain individuals special advantage strictly because of their race. They differ from Nazi's and Fascists primarily by being anti-nationalists.