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Were the Nazis Right or Left Wing?

Were the Nazis...

  • Predominantly Right Wing

    Votes: 66 51.2%
  • Predominantly Left Wing

    Votes: 27 20.9%
  • Largely in the center

    Votes: 10 7.8%
  • Don't know/unsure/no opinion/none of the above

    Votes: 26 20.2%

  • Total voters
    129
This is why you fail.

The difference between American Conservatives and Libertarians is where they draw their ideology from.
Some American Conservatives ascribe to some American tradition, which happens to be somewhat centered individual freedom.
Conservatives draw their beliefs from the FF's primarily.

Where as American Libertarians ascribe to individual freedom, regardless of who is governing or what the American tradition was.

Until you understand that you will continue to failingly associate libertarians, as republican light.

Ideology is worth less than a bag of manure which at least can help my garden.
 
i believe in FAIR trade.

It's impossible for it to be fair, unless we have a time machine.
The Chinese people and others in the 3rd world did not grow up will all the nice amenities that you and I did.

So how can you call it fair, when it clearly tilts things in your favor and against theirs?
There is no fairness, in the popular calls for "fair trade."
 
You have entirely missed my point two times now.


I'm saying that bigotry & xenophobia are not a part of EITHER side of the political ideology spectrum, but an ideology unto themselves.

and again, I disagree.

bigotry, xenophobia, and scapegoating are traditionally part of the Conservative political mindset.
 
wasn't it the Democrats who supported the Civil Rights Act & Voting Rights Act, forcing racist Southern-Democrats into the loving arms of the Republican Party?

The Dems voted against the Civil Rights act of 1957. Some of those, "racist Southern-Democrats", were Robert Byrd, Al Gore Sr. and Lyndon Johnson.
 
and again, I disagree.

bigotry, xenophobia, and scapegoating are traditionally part of the Conservative political mindset.
Seriously?


Where did you get your information?

I would say rather that xenophobia and bigotry have been running in tandem with various political ideologies.

They are not part of the same blood running through the same horse, however.
 
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The Dems voted against the Civil Rights act of 1957. Some of those, "racist Southern-Democrats", were Robert Byrd, Al Gore Sr. and Lyndon Johnson.

and then Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act into law in 1965.

:)
 
trying to protect American manufacturing jobs by buying American products, is not xenophobia.

not buying Chinese products to protest poor Chinese quality in their manufacturing process, and authoritatian Chinese rule, is not xenophobia.

Of course it is, you're assuming that all Chinese products are of inferior quality, just by the country of origination.
That alone is a type of bigotry.
 
I supported my claim with several facts all connected and proving my point. The fact that you can stand there doing an imitation of an ostrich with its head in the sand one minute and placing your fingers in your ears loudly chanting LA LA LA the next, is a tribute to the amount of kool-aid you must have consumed. Lew Rockwell is probably writing you a commendation as we speak.

Translation; Nolan is a libertarian, there for my conspiracy theory is true.
 
The Lefties talk about the politically correct races and persecute these politically incorrect religions and ethnic groups they consider to be, "inferior"....

please quote any important Leftists referring to any religions or ethnic groups as being "inferior".

thanks.
 
oh, so hating blacks, Jews, gays, and immigrants...is a Progressive left-wing thing???

:lamo

No, nor it is it exlcusive to everyone but Progressives. I can't say, "Margaret Sanger", enough.
 
and then Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act into law in 1965.

:)

Right, because he saw it as a way to win votes and keep black folks in line.
 
Paul people proudly boast how the right wing tea party emerged from their loins.

Wrong. Republicans hijacked the tea party in an attempt to distance themselves from the horrible Bush administration. While the movement did originate with Paul, it was hijacked. It was endorsed by Fox News, the same Fox News who censored Paul from a 2008 Republican debate and ridiculed him. Then the tea party adopted people like Sarah Palin as their leading spokesperson for awhile, who is fundamentally different than Ron Paul. In addition, a recent Gallup Poll showed the tea party support Perry, Romney, Bachmann, and then Paul. Additionally, more people who didn't support the tea party supported Paul than people who supported the tea party.
Tea Party Supporters Backing Perry for GOP Nomination
 
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I don't think you can compare the beliefs and actions of the Nazi party with the US political spectrum. They don't fall on the right or left side.
 
I don't think you can compare the beliefs and actions of the Nazi party with the US political spectrum. They don't fall on the right or left side.

see, that's the problem.

Right-wing/Left-wing in the USA is VERY different than Right-wing/Left-wing in Europe.

But many Conservatives dishonestly ignore this.

The best image of American & European politics, is a square, divided into four. Up is authoritarian, down is Libertarian. Left is socially-liberal....Right is socially-conservative.

One can be a right-wing Libertatian, a right-wing Authoritarian, a left-wing Libertarian, and a right-wing Libertarian.

what were the Nazis? they were right-wing Authoritarians. The Soviets were left-wing Authoritarians.

today's American Conservatives are mostly right-wing Libertarians, except on issues of drugs, abortion, crime, and terrorism.

American Liberal/Progressives are mostly left-wing Authoritarians, except on drugs, crime, death penalty, free-speech, religion, and press, and abortion.
 
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