Rojava Free State wrote:Proctopeo wrote:There "should be"? Either you're making a baseless claim or you want there to be more people with such beliefs in the US.
And, yes, "low hundreds" was a low estimate, but the point made by the estimate still remains sound: the number of these people is too low for them to have been any more than a drop in the bucket, turnout-wise.
I was confused because the recent discussion chain was about Donald Trump being elected God-King of America by the KKK.
A "Nazi" is a member of the NSDAP; a "neo-Nazi" is someone who mostly aligns with the beliefs of the Nazis - if they're too different from the beliefs of the Nazis, they're not a neo-Nazi, though they may still be a fascist/ultranationalist/anti-semite. These four things aren't synonymous with each other.
It can be. Especially if accusations of being a Nazi are unfounded and ridiculous, as they often are.
Was trump elected because of nazis? Probably not
Was trump elected because of fascists? Maybe
Was trump elected because of racism? I would say almost certainly considering half his platform was "arabs bad, Mexicans bad, need more immigrants from norway!"
I'd add some nuance to that and say "partially"; he also ran heavily on "draining the swamp"/going against the establishment politicians, as well as not being Hillary Clinton.