“The only important difference between Nazism, Fascism, Communism, Islamism and Liberalism is the spelling…”

I have read the title, which is why I explicitly termed the difference between Fascism and Nazism an “important” one. See, I’m not one to defend Fascism, but I would think there’s a big difference between the theory of an authoritarian corporatist state (Fascism) and a racist theory whose prime goal is genocide (Nazism). If you think that genocidal racism is not an important factor, there’s something wrong with you.

Millions of Communists have lost their lives in the struggle against Nazism and Fascism. Enter crazybengal, who simply sneers at the victims and declares that there was no important difference between the Nazis and them. How about internationalism versus nationalism? How about class struggle versus race war? These are massive, crucial differences, and they aren’t in the spelling.

The differences between Liberalism and any of the above are so obvious I won’t even waste a lot of commenting on this. Let me guess, you’re a conservative to whom everything he doesn’t like is simply “the same”?

And yes, Christians are exactly the same. Hitler declared in Mein Kampf that “I am a Catholic and always will be”, and millions of good German Christians followed his model of “positive” (=Aryan) Christianity. There are lengthy passages in Mein Kampf in which Hitler refers to the Bible. The Ku Klux Klan is a Christian group. Browse any neo-Nazi internet forum such as Stormfront and check how many Christians you’ll find there. Conversely, I personally know Muslims who are activists in anti-fascist groups.

I had a lengthy discussion with a Muslim on here who denied there is any such thing as Muslim Nazis. Of course there are, there always have been. Just like there have always been Christian Nazis and Christian Fascists – plenty of them.

Sorry again, but your claims are so ridiculous In consider it a joke I’m even commenting on them.

Fair enough. I attacked you straight away because that statement is pretty much the most absurd thing I’ve heard in my life, so here’s hope the article will be a lot less simple-minded.

I have read it now. Are you seriously claiming that article somehow proves that there are no significant differences between Communism, Fascism, Nazism, Islam and Liberalism? You must be joking.

All I can see is an piece of anti-Muslim agitation that wouldn’t even get a ‘pass’ in the first semester at University. The first thing that strikes me is how there’s a complete lack of sources for whatever claims the author is trying to make. He uses quotation marks quite a lot, but unfortunately he never lets us know where the quote is from. I could stop right here and simply discard the whole ‘article’ as a lousy piece of polemics/propaganda without any references and sources.

There’s only one instance in which a source is given at all (Albert Speer: Inside The Third Reich), albeit without informing us on what page we can find the original quote. Good thing I’ve just read that book, then: Hitler continued his rant stating that Arabs were racially inferior and would eventually be replaced by Germanic peoples. For some reason Cherson (the author of the piece you’re linking to) left that out.

Cherson states in his ‘article’ that “Islam as well as Nazism is based on the idea of superiority, only in Nazism it was Race superiority-and in Islam this superiority has the religious character.”

Which, of course, is a massive difference. Race and faith are two completely different categories with nothing in common, not to mention the fact that you cannot choose your race.

I could as well state that according to the Jewish religion, Jews are the Chosen People and then conclude that Judaism and Nazism are basically the same thing as they are both based on a sense of superiority. That would be as ridiculous as Cherson’s reasoning.

This opening statement is but one example of Cherson’s slapdash ‘logic’, and it really makes it impossible for me to take anything that follows seriously.

Most importantly, though, the article doesn’t support its headline in any way, which I seem to remember was the topic of our discussion. Cherson bangs on about the Islam being evil and therefore the same as Nazism, and in the end he simply concludes that “the only important difference between Nazism, Fascism, Communism, Islamism and Liberalism is the spelling”… without even having mentioned Communism or Liberalism in the article, let alone Fascism as opposed to Nazism.

So what now? I’ve read that amateurish piece you were pointing to so persistently. It didn’t answer a single question I asked you. It didn’t contain any serious political analysis. It didn’t state any sources. It didn’t even bother to back up its headline.
You seem like a reasonably intelligent fellow, so I’m surprised you would point me towards a piece like that and expect me to take it seriously.

Instead of pointing me towards further badly researched agitation pieces taken from blogs such as Faith & Freedom (oh dear), perhaps you could explain in your own words how there are no important differences between Communism, Fascism, Liberalism, Nazism and Islam?

Many leftists have an annoying habit of calling everyone whose views they disagree with a “Nazi” or a “Fascist”. More recently, though, I think conservatives like you have topped the leftists in that respect. Please try to back up your claims in some way – don’t just compare every single thing in the world that doesn’t suit you to Nazism.

First you claim that it’s all just a joke, but then…

“Liberalism leads to Communism, Marxism, and Fascism?” Hahaha! Dude, you’re outdoing yourself. Liberalism is the polar opposite of Fascism. And there’s no love lost between Commies and Liberals either.

You evidently have no clue of politics whatsoever, so I wish you a nice life and say goodbye.