Bolsonaro says after visiting Holocaust museum that Nazis 'no doubt' were leftists
Source: The Hill
BY JUSTIN WISE - 04/03/19 02:01 PM EDT
Brazilian right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro said after visiting the Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Israel on Tuesday that Nazism was born from a leftist movement.
There is no doubt," Bolsonaro said when asked by reporters about a similar statement from Brazil's foreign minister, Ernesto Araujo, according to Reuters. "Right?"
Reuters notes that Bolsonaro's comments contradict information on the Holocaust museum and memorial's website, which says that Nazism stemmed from right-wing radical groups reacting to the rise of communism.
Bolsonaro reportedly added that the Nazi party's formal name included the term "socialist." Nazis followed a fascist ideology despite the word "socialist" appearing in the party's official name, which was the National Socialist German Workers Party.
Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/international/437196-bolsonaro-says-no-doubt-nazis-were-leftists-after-visiting-israel
backtoblue
(11,345 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,212 posts)trade unionists?
Judi Lynn
(160,633 posts)I thought they would be laughed out of town, but they kept it up.
Probably hoping to be able to fool people who knew even less than they do.
Absolutely disgusting, and stupid, pretending every barbaric event has been perpetrated by the very people who have always worked AGAINST barbaric treatment of human beings.
HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)German communist fought the hardest of anyone in Germany against the Nazis.
Judi Lynn
(160,633 posts)rwsanders
(2,606 posts)inequality and/or authoritarian governance. Despite the evidence of the higher standard of living in the Scandinavian countries.
Game of Thrones played out in real life and the wealthy see us as less than pawns.
Judi Lynn
(160,633 posts)The very idea of ever having anything less than far more than they can ever spend is unacceptable, and they do believe any move away from abject poverty for the broken, hopeless people of the world is a threat to them.
Doesn't seem possible anyone could be so completely perverse.
marble falls
(57,291 posts)Behind the Aegis
(53,994 posts)While there was certainly some support from the left, it was mainly a right-wing shitstorm. The idea this asshole is trying to shift blame is no less odious than those claiming the Jews were behind it (as we are seeing Poland and other places).
What a piece of shit!
Canoe52
(2,949 posts)They were just trying to help by invading Russia.
Sigh, another right wing idiot.
And the fundies think that mankind is gods finest creation...
Roy Rolling
(6,941 posts)LiberalLovinLug
(14,178 posts)And tell them how their idol, Adolf, and all the Nazis they adore, are all hippy dippy commies and leftists?
HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)What can we do to fix this mess before we enter another dark age?
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)It just requires government control.
It can be socialist (or pretend to be socialists, which Hitler did do), an oligarchy (kind of Italy), or a pseudo-religious monarchy like Japan.
People need to stop thinking "left right" and think in at least two or more axis on this kind of thing.
HuskyOffset
(890 posts)You libtards can't deny the obvious. Nazis were clearly socialists, it has "Socialist" right in the name! Same way we know that the former East Germany was a democracy, because it has Democratic right in the name! Look:
Deutsche Demokratische Republik (German Democratic Republic)
Duh! Can't you silly libtards read?
Fortinbras Armstrong
(4,473 posts)Paladin
(28,276 posts)Because Nazis were such extreme leftists. Uh huh, sure.
What utter stupidity.
blueseas
(11,575 posts)In today's age and in his power he wants to remain ignorant to force his views.
It is the age of the internet.
Yeehah
(4,595 posts)What we quaintly used to call "lies."