Hrm, to be "outraged" against P&G or not...

[RblDiver]

Saw this story about Proctor & Gamble getting flack from Germans for supposedly having a neo-nazi code on some detergent bottles:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/deterg...1TgkEAOyvQtDMD

At first, I thought it was a ridiculous story about some people getting in a tizzy over nothing (the use of "18" on the bottle, supposedly a code for Hitler in Germany). Then I saw P&G's statement:

"We very much regret if there are any false associations and distance ourselves clearly from any far-right ideology."

Why oh why does everyone associate Naziism with the right? National Socialists, it's left-wing, not right!
/feels some faux outrage of my own starting up >.>

[SuperiorDG]

So Payton Manning is a Nazi?

[Ah Pook]

I'm guessing a P&G faux pas.


Like this warning.

To clear the matter up, P&G will add the following warning labels to its product: "For clothes cleansing, not ethnic cleansing" and "Meant to clean jeans, not genes."

[Ridge]

No, Naziism was definitely far right.

[Aloha_Shooter]

No, Naziism was definitely far right.

Absolutely false, another myth propagated by the Left. Naziism was a branch of socialism. It wasn't just a label -- look at the programs Hitler pushed through (other than the genocidal ones): the "peoples' automobile" (Volkswagen), social aid programs, wealth redistribution, etc. Naziism had nothing to do with with capitalism or any of the other ideologies associated with "the right".

[Ridge]

Absolutely false, another myth propagated by the Left. Naziism was a branch of socialism. It wasn't just a label -- look at the programs Hitler pushed through (other than the genocidal ones): the "peoples' automobile" (Volkswagen), social aid programs, wealth redistribution, etc. Naziism had nothing to do with with capitalism or any of the other ideologies associated with "the right".

The people's automobile was produced by a private company and is no more socialist than buying Ford. You say look at their social programs and give "social aid programs" as an example with no mention as to what they are. The only wealth redistribution was the wealth taken from the Jews and stolen and hidden by the Nazi party upper echelons.

The far right doesn't have shit to do with capitalism, either.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far-right_politics

Far-right politics commonly includes authoritarianism, anti-communism, and nativism.

AKA the SS and the belief of a "true Germanic people"

Far-right politics usually involves anti-immigration and anti-integration stances towards groups that are deemed inferior and undesirable.

Such as Jews, homosexuals, gypsies and the like.

[Rabid]

Absolutely false, another myth propagated by the Left. Naziism was a branch of socialism. It wasn't just a label -- look at the programs Hitler pushed through (other than the genocidal ones): the "peoples' automobile" (Volkswagen), social aid programs, wealth redistribution, etc. Naziism had nothing to do with with capitalism or any of the other ideologies associated with "the right".

The people's automobile was produced by a private company and is no more socialist than buying Ford. You say look at their social programs and give "social aid programs" as an example with no mention as to what they are. The only wealth redistribution was the wealth taken from the Jews and stolen and hidden by the Nazi party upper echelons.

The far right doesn't have shit to do with capitalism, either.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far-right_politics



AKA the SS and the belief of a "true Germanic people"



Such as Jews, homosexuals, gypsies and the like.

You two are talking about different scales. The Nazi party and, as a reference, the KKK are considered far right but if you put them in the American political scale they fall to the far left. These scales are mutually exclusive. On the scale ridge is talking about the United States, both the Republicans and Democrats fall to the moderate right. If we followed the ideas of someone like Ron Paul it would bring us to the center.
The biased media uses these scales together to mislead the public talking about the Nazi's, KKK or Ukrainians political powers being far right in one sentence and the republican party in the next. Aloha is right in that the left uses this to their advantage and they are experts at it now.

[GilpinGuy]

You two are talking about different scales. The Nazi party and, as a reference, the KKK are considered far right but if you put them in the American political scale they fall to the far left. These scales are mutually exclusive. On the scale ridge is talking about the United States, both the Republicans and Democrats fall to the moderate right. If we followed the ideas of someone like Ron Paul it would bring us to the center.
The biased media uses these scales together to mislead the public talking about the Nazi's, KKK or Ukrainians political powers being far right in sentence and the republican party in the next. Aloha is right in that the left uses this to their advantage and they are experts at it now.

I guess you said what I was trying to say better.

And man, be careful using Wikipedia as a source for political info folks. They lean left for sure.

[Irving]

Lol Ah pook.

[MrPrena]

It is as dumb as the rumor in the 80s. During the 80s, people were calling out on Proctor and Gamble for supporting devil.