Exposing the leftist fraud hiding the obvious fact National Socialism was socialist.

The case for using National Socialism instead of an ancient name traceable to obvious common sources.

The Commie fascist far-left has always exploited language to bend, shape and distort perceptions of the political spectrum, and for 80 years, the name Nazi has been the cornerstone in their deception efforts. Sure, it was employed with great effect by Spike Jones in mocking the Original Social Justice Warrior in the 1942 hit Der Fuehrer’s Face. But aside from those instances, it’s been overused for decades to obscure that a national socialist workers' party was a socialist workers' party. Its overuse and exploitation by the left to hide the facts of history have trivialized the evil of socialism.

This is a case for using the term National Socialism in connection with that leftist party, beginning with the debunking of the etymological mythology of the name, its probable sources, and how it can be traced through history.

Similar to normal people reclaiming the rainbow, the time has come to make it clear that the party that was the epitome of evil, the National Socialist German Workers' Party Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP, should be known by those words or its acronym.

Contemporary writers have long since dispensed with the etymological mythology that the name originated in the 1930’s. Proven by the fact that the word appears long before the formation of the above-referenced party and even the first documented use of the term ‘socialist’ in a letter in The Co-operative Magazine, London, November 1827. Making it etymologically impossible for the term to incorporate the word socialist as part of its formation.

A magazine article from Süddeutsche Zeitung entitled: Die bewegte Geschichte des Wortes "Nazi." (The eventful history of the word "Nazi") It also dispensed with the old mythology and noted that Nazi and the even shorter Naz were a less common form of Ignaz, and that had its great days behind it in Bavaria and Austria.

The basic letter combination and word appear in various forms in handwritten manuscripts from the 8th to the 14th Centuries and in numerous volumes in the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries.

What could have been the sources of the word that predate these periods?

One obvious probability is celebrated today, January 2nd, the religious feast day for St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory Nazianzen (Greek: Γρηγόρης Ναζιανζηνός)

Gregory Nazianzen, like his friend Basil, was born in 300 to a family of saints. While traveling as a youth, he met Basil while studying in Caesarea.

In 381, Gregory reluctantly accepted the office of bishop of Constantinople. Because of rival factions that were dividing the Church, he returned to Nazianzen a short time later. He died there on January 25, 389 or 390.

For historical context, this was way back in the 4th Century, before the fall of the Roman Empire. The beginning portion of the name Nazianzen (Greek: Ναζιανζηνός) is important in considering probable name sources.

The Bible has a similar source with the Nazir and the Nazirite Vow from Numbers 6:1-2.

‘Nazirite’ is ‘Nazir’ (נזיר) in the original Hebrew and it is derived from the Hebrew root N-Z-R (נ-ז-ר) which means ‘to separate oneself’ as can be seen in the following verse:

“And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, when either a man or a woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, TO SEPARATE HIMSELF to the LORD” (Numbers 6:1-2).

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In fact, the Hebrew word for ‘abstain’ comes from the same root as ‘Nazir.’ The root is N-Z-R, as can be seen in Zechariah:

“Saying to the priests of the house of the LORD of hosts and the prophets, “Should I weep and ABSTAIN in the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?” (Zechariah 7:3)

Research has shown that the word appears in the sparse handwritten manuscripts of the A.D. 476 -A.D. 1450 time period, with the early part of this known as the Dark Ages due to the loss of recorded history after the fall of the Roman Empire.

Saint Greg. Nazi.

During the Renaissance, the development of the printing press and the widespread dissemination of printed books in the 15th Century led to hundreds of appearances of the word in the subsequent centuries. With numerous references to Saint. Gregorius Nazianzenus (Greek: Γρηγόρης Ναζιανζηνός) or the shortened notation: Saint Greg. Nazi. Or just Greg. Nazi. With examples from the years: 1538, 1557, 1565, 1572,1608, 1702, and 1723 and history references from 1807 connecting the term to Gregorious Nazianzenus.

At the end of the 18th century, the name Nazi was common enough to be referred to in the Münchner Intelligenzblatt. 1795 = Jg. 29 (Munich Intelligence sheet. 1795 = year 29) And soon underwent a severe process of pejoration, Defined in the Merriam-webster dictionary as the:

“(H)istorical process by which the semantic and connotative status of a word tends to decline”

In this case, the name became a pejorative for the better part of a full century in German culture. During the 17th and 18th Centuries, the name was also connected to another source as documented in the publication Beyträge zur vaterländischen Historie, Geographie, Staatistik, etc. (Lessons on the country's history, geography, statesmanship, etc.) Published in 1812 (translated):

On the Origin of Names.1 To which it will be no less difficult than it has been for us in view of the past to be able to find our abbreviations and dialects. In Bavaria, for example, one hears and reads, by claiming now the beginning, now the final syllables, or only one of them, and writes, on graves and monuments, probably also sometimes in letters.

In notation origin of the various names: Ignatius Naz, Nazi, Nazerl

[Emphasis added]

A dictionary published a few years later in 1816 provides an example of the connection between the names Nazi, Ignaz, as referred to in the Süddeutsche Zeitung piece.

Finally, a Bavarian Dictionary published in 1828 provides another example of the derogatory nature of the name Nazi in the 19th century with the entry ( translated):

Nazi, Naz 1, Ignatius. Haǝs, Názi ! usual exclamation when you have burned yourself.

It went downhill from there in German culture for a Century until it was applied (for obvious reasons) to the NSDAP.

A publication from 1896 is particularly biting:

The name Ignaz is generally considered to be a symbol of stupidity and simplicity. Anyone who is blessed with these gifts is called a Nazi [Nâtsi], or one says of him that he is a stupid Nazi [tès i's ǝ tùmər Nåtsi]. He therefore does not need to be called Ignaz.

It should be clear by now that with the history of this name, no one would ever voluntarily apply it to themselves, and despite one attempt at ‘claiming’ the term, the NSDAP eventually banned the use of the word “Nazi” on the air as reported in the Book Berlin Diary by William Shirer.

The name is clearly from ancient sources and is being exploited to cover up the fact that National Socialism was socialist. The overwrought reaction from the far-left when this is mentioned, speaks volumes in proving that is exactly what they are doing.