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unpopular opinion; I believe in the value of definitions of words. I'm not republican (shouldn't matter) but by bending definitions of words like "nazi" - you're diminishing the people who went through the atrocities of WW2
Kind of similar to how you shouldn't say "rape" for something that isn't. in effect you're diminishing rape victims
"nazi" literally means a member of the far-right National Socialist German Workers' Party. Fascist pigs? No doubt. Just don't change history...
Did all "nazis" actively do crimes against humanity? Whats the bar they have to hit to be a nazi? Put on a uniform? shoot a roma? say non-aryans are sub human? You want to draw a bright line between national socialists and racists, I'm not going to stop you, but I think nazi is just short hand for bootlicking people who enable the dehumanizing of others at this point in time.
What word would you prefer?