Fully agree. I’ve come to realize that, to the campus radicals, their faculty enablers, and all their apologists across media, government, and the quangoverse, the Nazis weren’t objectionable because of their conquests, subjugations, industrial-scale murders with racist and ultranationalist rationalizations, and all-around gratuitous export of death and destruction.
Their primary beef with Nazism is that it’s coded right-wing. The Nazi-like behaviors that we find so abhorrent, when labeled “anti-imperialist,” suddenly become forgivable sins, inevitable responses, legitimate resistance, even praiseworthy heroism or divinely inspired sacrifice to progressive activists.
That’s why they will occasionally invoke Mussolini, Franco, or Pinochet as an analog for a political opponent, but never Mao, Stalin, or Pol Pot. It was never about whose crimes were worse.
And they will defend the coding vociferously. Despite Hamas’s decades-long insistence on self-identifying as a reactionary, misogynistic, anti-democratic, imperialist, religious and ethnic supremacist, militant movement, their cheerleaders will celebrate them as the vanguard of the post-capitalist, carbon-neutral, genderqueer, international liberation.
Even now, in some radical circles, we see Nazis receiving such a makeover.
Thank you for this. If you will indulge me for a moment, I feel as though I have woken up in a nightmare. This is a world I don’t recognize. I am a Columbia alumna too, btw, and in 1998 I do vaguely remember that the pro-Palestinian anti-Israel movement was gaining momentum, but I’m embarrassed to say that I barely paid attention. I went through the next twenty years thinking antisemitism had gone the way of smallpox, that it was literally all but extinct. But then came 10/7. And I looked around me and people I knew all my life became different people to me. My own husband of 18 years started taking the side of the pro-Hamas protestors. I am in utter dismay. I have wondered if I am crazy, watching people claim the mantle of anti-Nazism while praising the very goals that Eichmann, Heydrich et al were at least circumspect enough to conceal.
The guy was born in 1964 and his parents gave him the name Reinhold. I guess its better that they didn't name him Adolf, but you have to wonder how 19 years after the Holocaust, his parents chose to give him a German name. What were his parents and/or grandparents doing during World War 2.
Rather curious now about my own parents. I was also born in ‘64, and my last name is German. I am more grateful now in some ways that my first name reflects a bit of my Irish heritage also. And am very thankful to know during the war years that they were hard at work on the home front.
Maybe I’ve been too hyper focused on these losers lately but it seems like the self-hating “non-Zionist” Jews have played a large part in legitimizing these Progressive Nazis. They are far worse than the Sonder Kommando, who arguably had no choice or were at least trying to save their own lives. The JVP crowd of students and academics and actors and activists have given this genocidal movement cover and have helped to fuel the ridiculously stupid and false narrative that you can be anti-Zionist without being antisemitic. I actually despise these people more than the Jihadis.
Regarding ironies, the Nazis of the 1920s through the mid 1940s were leftists. That is, they were for a big powerful central government and they were socialists (National Socialist Party of Germany). For three quarters of a century the left has pushed the idea that Nazis are far right. That is false by definition of “the far right”. The far right wants a very small central government, less government intrusion into Americans’ freedoms and more freedom for individuals. But the left has been spectacularly successful in convincing many people, including many conservatives, that the far right is Nazism. It is amazing how successful the left has been in framing the right as Nazis when the exact opposite is true.
They don’t “ act like Nazis”. They are Nazis. A Red/Green Alliance of CommunoIslamoFascism. Send the whole lot of them to Iran, Afghanistan, Gaza,S.Africa,Pakistan, Yemen,Niger and now , thanks to Biden and our NATO “ ally”, Turkey, add Syria and Bangladesh to the mix. One way. Including the no longer “ My People” kapo fake Jews.
Nice really enjoyed this piece, hey just because in case you might have been misled. NSDAP (Nazi in native German) the second word in the acronym is “SOCIALIST” and that makes Naziism far left I just figured that out because I was educated to believe that it was an extreme right wing ideology, uh uh!
Exactly. See my comment later on. I have been asking myself since the start of this war why, growing up in The Netherlands in the 60-70-80ies, we were always taught that the nazis were fascists and far-right? The left wrote itself out of history books very efficiently! This should be brought to wide attention.
My understanding is that they used the word socialist because they were trying to offer an alternative to communism. They weren’t really a left movement. They were a far right movement.
The Nazis and the Communists shared equal hostility to free market capitalism, and felt that the state should control the economy. The difference was that in Communism, private property was confiscated. In National Socialism, the capitalists were allowed to keep their property and even make some profits, but had to do so in total obedience to the state.
Both movements believed that enemies should be categorized by groups (racial or social/economic) and destroyed.
Both practiced extreme cruelty and indifference to life, and had aspirations of world domination.
They equally relied on lies and propaganda to deceive the masses, and had equally authoritarian forms of government where the leader was always right (though Stalin camouflaged this more).
So there was a profound spiritual kinship between them, and they got along easily after their mutual peace pact until Hitler's surprise attack,
I would not be surprised if the term Nazi is on its way to becoming a playground insult. Nazi will become part of the American vernacular used to express one’s opinion that a person or group is not acting as expected. When a teacher assigns a poor grade the teacher will be called a nazi. This dilution of the meaning of nazi will make teaching about the Holocaust in particular and history more generally, significantly more difficult. When people place Elon Musk and Donald Trump on the same level as Adolph Hitler and Joseph Goebbels it is more than a bastardization of history it is a perverted lie.
The NSDAP, the National Democratic Arbeiters (workers) Partei from hitler started out as leftwing. Note in the title "democratic" and "socialist". It was only branded rightwing when making allience with the fascists party of Mussolini. The far left and the far right have always been two mirroring sides of the same thing: evil. They do not differ in essence. As it was then, as it is now. Same same.
DARVO is an acronym that stands for Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender. It describes a manipulative tactic often used by abusers or wrongdoers to evade accountability and shift blame onto their victims. Here’s a breakdown:
• Deny: The perpetrator denies the behavior or wrongdoing outright, refusing to acknowledge their actions.
• Attack: They attack the accuser, often questioning their credibility, motives, or character to deflect attention.
• Reverse Victim and Offender: The perpetrator portrays themselves as the victim, framing the actual victim as the aggressor or wrongdoer.
The term was coined by psychologist Jennifer Freyd in the context of abuse dynamics, particularly in cases of sexual abuse or interpersonal trauma. DARVO is commonly observed in manipulative relationships, workplace conflicts, or public scandals where the accused seeks to control the narrative. For example, an abuser might deny hitting their partner, accuse the partner of being unstable, and claim they’re the one being unfairly targeted.
Recognizing DARVO helps identify gaslighting and manipulation, empowering victims to challenge false narratives. It’s widely discussed in psychology, trauma recovery, and social justice contexts.
Fully agree. I’ve come to realize that, to the campus radicals, their faculty enablers, and all their apologists across media, government, and the quangoverse, the Nazis weren’t objectionable because of their conquests, subjugations, industrial-scale murders with racist and ultranationalist rationalizations, and all-around gratuitous export of death and destruction.
Their primary beef with Nazism is that it’s coded right-wing. The Nazi-like behaviors that we find so abhorrent, when labeled “anti-imperialist,” suddenly become forgivable sins, inevitable responses, legitimate resistance, even praiseworthy heroism or divinely inspired sacrifice to progressive activists.
That’s why they will occasionally invoke Mussolini, Franco, or Pinochet as an analog for a political opponent, but never Mao, Stalin, or Pol Pot. It was never about whose crimes were worse.
And they will defend the coding vociferously. Despite Hamas’s decades-long insistence on self-identifying as a reactionary, misogynistic, anti-democratic, imperialist, religious and ethnic supremacist, militant movement, their cheerleaders will celebrate them as the vanguard of the post-capitalist, carbon-neutral, genderqueer, international liberation.
Even now, in some radical circles, we see Nazis receiving such a makeover.
Thank you for this. If you will indulge me for a moment, I feel as though I have woken up in a nightmare. This is a world I don’t recognize. I am a Columbia alumna too, btw, and in 1998 I do vaguely remember that the pro-Palestinian anti-Israel movement was gaining momentum, but I’m embarrassed to say that I barely paid attention. I went through the next twenty years thinking antisemitism had gone the way of smallpox, that it was literally all but extinct. But then came 10/7. And I looked around me and people I knew all my life became different people to me. My own husband of 18 years started taking the side of the pro-Hamas protestors. I am in utter dismay. I have wondered if I am crazy, watching people claim the mantle of anti-Nazism while praising the very goals that Eichmann, Heydrich et al were at least circumspect enough to conceal.
If it's any comfort, you are very much not alone. I've been hearing the same thing from numerous people.
The guy was born in 1964 and his parents gave him the name Reinhold. I guess its better that they didn't name him Adolf, but you have to wonder how 19 years after the Holocaust, his parents chose to give him a German name. What were his parents and/or grandparents doing during World War 2.
You'd like to think he was named after Niebuhr. But if so, he's not bearing the name well.
Rather curious now about my own parents. I was also born in ‘64, and my last name is German. I am more grateful now in some ways that my first name reflects a bit of my Irish heritage also. And am very thankful to know during the war years that they were hard at work on the home front.
Keep up the great work-your essays show the influence of Orwell in speaking truth to power
Hitler met with the Muslim Brotherhood. So did Clinton.
An article you may find interesting!
https://open.substack.com/pub/undercurrentreport/p/clintons-and-muslim-brotherhood-allegedly?r=56q9bf&utm_medium=ios
Have spent 6 months in the Netherlands often wearing my Israel scarf. Received a few positive remarks. Here in CA (Bay Area) received zero.
Going back to NLs soon, but am scared to wear it because of all the Muslim people there. 😩
Maybe I’ve been too hyper focused on these losers lately but it seems like the self-hating “non-Zionist” Jews have played a large part in legitimizing these Progressive Nazis. They are far worse than the Sonder Kommando, who arguably had no choice or were at least trying to save their own lives. The JVP crowd of students and academics and actors and activists have given this genocidal movement cover and have helped to fuel the ridiculously stupid and false narrative that you can be anti-Zionist without being antisemitic. I actually despise these people more than the Jihadis.
Very well stated. Thanks for your thoughts and perceptiond.
Regarding ironies, the Nazis of the 1920s through the mid 1940s were leftists. That is, they were for a big powerful central government and they were socialists (National Socialist Party of Germany). For three quarters of a century the left has pushed the idea that Nazis are far right. That is false by definition of “the far right”. The far right wants a very small central government, less government intrusion into Americans’ freedoms and more freedom for individuals. But the left has been spectacularly successful in convincing many people, including many conservatives, that the far right is Nazism. It is amazing how successful the left has been in framing the right as Nazis when the exact opposite is true.
They don’t “ act like Nazis”. They are Nazis. A Red/Green Alliance of CommunoIslamoFascism. Send the whole lot of them to Iran, Afghanistan, Gaza,S.Africa,Pakistan, Yemen,Niger and now , thanks to Biden and our NATO “ ally”, Turkey, add Syria and Bangladesh to the mix. One way. Including the no longer “ My People” kapo fake Jews.
Nice really enjoyed this piece, hey just because in case you might have been misled. NSDAP (Nazi in native German) the second word in the acronym is “SOCIALIST” and that makes Naziism far left I just figured that out because I was educated to believe that it was an extreme right wing ideology, uh uh!
Exactly. See my comment later on. I have been asking myself since the start of this war why, growing up in The Netherlands in the 60-70-80ies, we were always taught that the nazis were fascists and far-right? The left wrote itself out of history books very efficiently! This should be brought to wide attention.
I don’t think it’s a coincidence that this is widely taught. I only know otherwise because I loved learning about history from a young age.
My understanding is that they used the word socialist because they were trying to offer an alternative to communism. They weren’t really a left movement. They were a far right movement.
The Nazis and the Communists shared equal hostility to free market capitalism, and felt that the state should control the economy. The difference was that in Communism, private property was confiscated. In National Socialism, the capitalists were allowed to keep their property and even make some profits, but had to do so in total obedience to the state.
Both movements believed that enemies should be categorized by groups (racial or social/economic) and destroyed.
Both practiced extreme cruelty and indifference to life, and had aspirations of world domination.
They equally relied on lies and propaganda to deceive the masses, and had equally authoritarian forms of government where the leader was always right (though Stalin camouflaged this more).
So there was a profound spiritual kinship between them, and they got along easily after their mutual peace pact until Hitler's surprise attack,
This is not meant in any way to condone the behavior of the progressive left, which is mimicking Nazi behavior and rhetoric.
I would not be surprised if the term Nazi is on its way to becoming a playground insult. Nazi will become part of the American vernacular used to express one’s opinion that a person or group is not acting as expected. When a teacher assigns a poor grade the teacher will be called a nazi. This dilution of the meaning of nazi will make teaching about the Holocaust in particular and history more generally, significantly more difficult. When people place Elon Musk and Donald Trump on the same level as Adolph Hitler and Joseph Goebbels it is more than a bastardization of history it is a perverted lie.
I am trying to be civil.
The NSDAP, the National Democratic Arbeiters (workers) Partei from hitler started out as leftwing. Note in the title "democratic" and "socialist". It was only branded rightwing when making allience with the fascists party of Mussolini. The far left and the far right have always been two mirroring sides of the same thing: evil. They do not differ in essence. As it was then, as it is now. Same same.
I missed out the S: NSDAP stands for National Socialistic Democratic Arbeiter Partei.
The D doesn’t stand for “democratic”— the D stood for “Deutschland”. It was the “National Socialist German Workers’ Party.”
You are right. Thanks for the correction!
DARVO
DARVO is an acronym that stands for Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender. It describes a manipulative tactic often used by abusers or wrongdoers to evade accountability and shift blame onto their victims. Here’s a breakdown:
• Deny: The perpetrator denies the behavior or wrongdoing outright, refusing to acknowledge their actions.
• Attack: They attack the accuser, often questioning their credibility, motives, or character to deflect attention.
• Reverse Victim and Offender: The perpetrator portrays themselves as the victim, framing the actual victim as the aggressor or wrongdoer.
The term was coined by psychologist Jennifer Freyd in the context of abuse dynamics, particularly in cases of sexual abuse or interpersonal trauma. DARVO is commonly observed in manipulative relationships, workplace conflicts, or public scandals where the accused seeks to control the narrative. For example, an abuser might deny hitting their partner, accuse the partner of being unstable, and claim they’re the one being unfairly targeted.
Recognizing DARVO helps identify gaslighting and manipulation, empowering victims to challenge false narratives. It’s widely discussed in psychology, trauma recovery, and social justice contexts.
Thank you for this insightful articulation. I needed it and will use it as armory. 🧘
They are racist, genocidal maniacs. Call them whatever you like
They being?
Hamas