Baltic Putter with Swastika

[vangator]

8 hours ago, Fourputt said:

 

Yep.  Hitler's fascism was extreme right.  But it was still a despotic dictatorship, no less than Stalin's communism.

This is off topic, but the Nazis were far left.  There's really not a dime's different between a Nazi (National Socialist) and a communist.  Most people do not have an understanding of what is left and right.  The left wants everyone to believe the Nazis, who were despicable, were right.  They just want to associate the Nazis with the right.

Politics (and Political Science) is one of my interests.  This is better for a political forum.  I would like to see how people try to fit these different groups in their definitions.   Usually don't like getting into political discussions any more.  I've found people believe what they believe and some anonymous person on the internet won't convince them.

[SavvySwede]

4 minutes ago, vangator said:

This is off topic, but the Nazis were far left. There's really not a dime's different between a Nazi (National Socialist) and a communist.  Most people do not have an understanding of what is left and right.  The left wants everyone to believe the Nazis, who were despicable, were right.  They just want to associate the Nazis with the right.

Politics (and Political Science) is one of my interests.  This is better for a political forum.  I would like to see how people try to fit these different groups in their definitions.   Usually don't like getting into political discussions any more.  I've found people believe what they believe and some anonymous person on the internet won't convince them.

That's just a name. The Democratic Republic of Congo isn't democratic or a republic. You can ignore poliical science and pretend facism doesn't belong to the right wing if you want but I not sure what you're accomplishing.

[iacas]

12 minutes ago, vangator said:

This is off topic, but the Nazis were far left.  There's really not a dime's different between a Nazi (National Socialist) and a communist.  Most people do not have an understanding of what is left and right.  The left wants everyone to believe the Nazis, who were despicable, were right.  They just want to associate the Nazis with the right.

Politics (and Political Science) is one of my interests.  This is better for a political forum.  I would like to see how people try to fit these different groups in their definitions.   Usually don't like getting into political discussions any more.  I've found people believe what they believe and some anonymous person on the internet won't convince them.

https://www.google.com/search?rls=en&q=were+nazis+far+left+or+far+right

It is also… 

[freshmanUTA]

11 hours ago, SavvySwede said:

Nazis were far right. The Communists were the far left ones.

I wouldn't say far right, but definitely not left. 

 

9 hours ago, Fourputt said:

 

Yep.  Hitler's fascism was extreme right.  But it was still a despotic dictatorship, no less than Stalin's communism.

Again, not extremely right, but not left. But according to the politics compass his fascism was worse than Stalins. maybe not in practice but in ideology.

 

 

 

And off topic, just wanted to share.

Edited March 14, 2016 by freshmanUTA

[Jimdiddy]

I just came across i have this putter it was my granfathers stamped 10x and has two nazi symbols not saying im proud ect to own it just curious of info my grandfather was a American soldier in ww2 so this would be time relavent not sure how he got it but now i own it curious on info

[Valleygolfer]

1 hour ago, Jimdiddy said:

I just came across i have this putter it was my granfathers stamped 10x and has two nazi symbols not saying im proud ect to own it just curious of info my grandfather was a American soldier in ww2 so this would be time relavent not sure how he got it but now i own it curious on info

Simmons made clubs with the old American Indian symbol in the 1930's. The symbol had nothing to do with "Nazi Germany." A friend recently came across a "mashie" with similar symbols thinking it could be a German officer's golf club. I'm sure it wasn't. 

Look similar to this? 

[arturo28mx]

The Arian race as well as the swastika have an origin in India. The swastika, drawn pointing counterclockwise (as in the putter) can be found in many temples in India. It is a "prosperity" symbol. The Nazi used the symbol but drawn pointing clockwise.