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4. Many MAGA folks believe the Nazis were Socialists.

Reply to lees1975 (Original post)

Sun Oct 13, 2024, 09:33 PM

Oct 2024

They think that because the German word for Socialist was part of the official name of the Nazi party. I have tried to explain the historical facts to several, but they do not want to learn anything about it.

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