"They are Nazis!" said Putin, during a speech in which he espoused the Nazi-like ideals of purifying his country by eliminating anyone who isn't "Russian enough" (sorry, "patriotic" enough, because that's clearly a different thing of course).

Seriously, I feel like Vlad is in some weird liminal space between Hitler and a tantruming two-year-old with bombs. Did he think that old Baby Hitler skit was a motivational aspirations video?

Don’t democrats in the US call republicans Nazis all the time also?

Not really. It gets pointed out in the news a lot because it's so salacious, but it's not at all common really. 2016-2020 saw a bit of an uptick in that kind of name-calling though, as the Trump administration implemented various policies and emboldened those with a pre-existing preference for authoritarian societies/systems, in spite of their self-professed "love of freedom".

Source: self; former-Republican. Never again. America no longer has a conservative political party. What we have now is a nationalist authoritarian movement that borders on delusional, leveraging emotional contagion theory and group identity/identity politics to manipulate otherwise well-meaning (if gullible) people into supporting would-be tyrants.

No, people in the US call folks who embrace fascist policies and ideals Nazis. Because, you know, Nazis and fascism go hand-in-hand.

Not all Republicans are fascists, but there's far more overlap there than in any other major US political party.

I've been saying it for a month now: this smells eerily like 1938 all over again.

Ah yes, the well known Stalinist's procedure, reminds me the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, but they call it 'The Shooting of the Messengers' - which goes a long way.... I wonder of there will be an 'Escaping of the Cooked Geese?'