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Well they may not exist in some very literal sense because they lost the war and their gov no longer exists, but it’s very easy to find sympathizers who have plenty of their memorabilia, fly their flags, use their salute, and take the ideas into modern times with things like a “Camp Auschwitz - Staff” sweater…

> [..] take the ideas into modern times with things like a “Camp Auschwitz - Staff” sweater

This one sadly becomes quite ironically hilarious when you realise that a significant portion of the "staff" was made out units of prisoners themselves... In other words, anyone who wears a sweater like that has no damn clue what he is talking about.

Ironically, trying to literalise language to control discourse is the most Orwellian - in the sense of IngSoc's Newspeak - thing present.

(I have the unfair advantage of actually having read 1984, which it seems unlikely most Parler enthusiasts have)

Before I take you up on your offer, what qualifies as a nazi to you? Someone who is an official member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party? Someone who simply hates jews/minorities, thinks hitler did nothing wrong, and has a swastika hanging in his bedroom?

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Nazi

See the second definition. Also note the comment you first replied to (made by bjeds) was using "nazi" with lower case.

I'm waiting for you to show me all these nazis. I can show you plenty of communists, within the new US administration.

Judging by your use of lower case nazi, are you agreeing to the second definition in merriam-webster's dictionary then?

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