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MustardTiger
on July 22, 2016
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No, in particular since neither national socialism nor fascism was a boogeyman then.
rmc
on July 22, 2016
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Before the Nazis came to power, there were plenty of people in Germany who thought the Nazi party & Hitler were thugs and dangerous.
MustardTiger
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Yes, but they were not a boogeyman, like I said. Where you can just say "you are a nazi!" to shut down any discussion of anything you please. There's a difference between "some people didn't like them" and being a boogeyman.
pyre
on July 22, 2016
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See "Brownshirts"[1].
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturmabteilung
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