This takedown of a journalist who said Nazis were socialists is brutal and brilliant
Here’s someone called Ian Miles Cheong who describes himself as a ‘journalist’ and a ‘force of evil’.
We can’t vouch for either of those things, but we do know he said this.
Now there was no shortage of people with something to say in response to that. Like this person, for instance.
Sometimes people call themselves something they’re not. For example, in your bio you refer to yourself as a journalist.
— Avery Edison (@aedison) August 17, 2017
And sometimes they're exactly what they say they are. For instance, the Nazis were socialist.
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) August 17, 2017
They genuinely weren't, dude.
— Avery Edison (@aedison) August 17, 2017
But heck—I won't stand in the way of you showcasing your profound lack of understanding of Nazis, socialism, history, context, and language.
— Avery Edison (@aedison) August 17, 2017
Which was good. But this, from teacher and writer Mike Stuchbery, might be even better.
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https://twitter.com/MikeStuchbery_/status/898254826277978113
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Yeah, the Nazis called themselves the ‘National Socialists’, and they even nicked some (incredibly benign) socialist policies…
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
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It is, however, a total misnomer, it’s like the World Series, or Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, or ‘ethics in gaming journalism’.
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
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The Nazis were fascists. Indisputably. They drew their ideology from Italy’s fascists, who arose in reaction to the Left.
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
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The Italian Right, @stillgray, still mired in 19th century thought, could not tackle the explosion in left-wing organization.
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
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Mussolini gives us the first fascist platform – national/racial superiority, rearmament & expansion, and consolidation of capital.
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
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The Italian Fascists appropriated, wholesale, Roman imagery, such as the ‘fasces’, to evoke renewed national pride & a sense of superiority. pic.twitter.com/nOr1ohA76P
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
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The Italian Fascists sought, @stillgray, to expand & reclaim historically Italian lands (mirroring a large portion of the old Roman Empire). pic.twitter.com/2Rot3O9gZN
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
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After nicking some socialist economic policies (public works & spending), fascist government formed corporate cartels, enriching the few.
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
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Hitler & his Deutcher Arbeiter Partei mates see this and decide that they need to steal support from actual socialists, @StillGray… pic.twitter.com/Fq9ylQcch7
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
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…so the DAP rebadge themselves as the NSDAP… Socialism still being a relatively new ideology. It’s like adding ‘e-‘ to a product name. pic.twitter.com/AwsIr5CPaE
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
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Otherwise, they were fascist – 1. Saw themselves as racially/nationally superior, 2. Wanted rearmament & expansion, 3. Consolidated capital.
— Mike Stuchbery💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) August 17, 2017
