Why do conservatives and neo-nazis use the world "multi-culturalism"?

Question

so often?

Do they get their ideas from the same place?

Check out www.natall.com for an example of a neo-nazi website. Notice how they have many of the same beliefs cons do, only more extreme.

Brian,

I never hear liberals or Democrats use that term, only neo-nazis and conservatives. Liberals instead use the term diversity.

Serpico,

And yet cons compare libs to communists all the time...

Kevorkian,

Speaking in broad terms...

Cons and neo-nazis share a hatred of the "liberal jewish media", muslims, homosexuals, "activist judges", the ACLU, liberal jewish hollywood, liberals, feminists, and egalitarianism.

I once read a neo-nazi essay on their differences between liberalism. They said liberals believe in egalitarianism. They do not. The right believes that certain groups because of their race (or religion, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, social class, etc, etc) are naturally superior to others. The more right-wing a person is the more the above sentence applies.

Answer 1

Multi-culturalism is a liberal term not a conservative term. It is part of the political correctness movement that liberals adore so much. Maybe liberals are closer to the neo-Nazis than we thought.

Answer 2

Multi-culturalism is a liberal ideaology - it's even a name chosen by liberals (unlike the related 'Political Correctness'). I suspect conservatives use the word fairly often in thier persistent criticism of liberals, in general. I know I do, and I'm not even really a conservative, but 'mutli-culturalism' is such a self-destructive ideal, that it's hard not to criticize.

At least, it /is/ a liberal ideaology. In contrast to words - like 'nazi' - that are so beloved of liberals in thier criticism of conservatives, yet have nothing to do with conservative ideaology. Of course, conservatives /do/ stoop to the same tactic, characterizing as 'communist' liberal ideas that are actually socialist in nature, just for instance.


followup:

I think 'hate' is too strong a word to describe the conservative position towards the liberal media, ACLU, and so forth. (And, I don't think justaposing 'liberal' and 'jewish' exactly creates a common cause between conservatives, who have liberal rivals, and nazis, who hate jews).

As far as egalitarianism is concerned, conservativism is not an egalitarian philosophy, in that it doesn't deem the material equality of all people to be a priority. American conservatism, however, /does/ accept the idea of all persons being equal in the moral sense, and deserving equal protection under the law. Egalitariansim is not, however, the belief that all people are morally equal, rather it is the belief that all resources should always be divided equally among all people - material equality as a goal.

National Socialism, obviously, rejects moral equality, judging some people inherently inferior to others. It is, though, as a nominally socialist philophy, more egalitarian than the most right-wing American neo-conservitism. Egalitarianism is, if not actively persued by all liberals, at least seen by most as a positive, if not achievable, ideal. Liberals are more flexible on moral equality, being willing to suspend equal treatment under the law in order to redress past social injustice (examples include hate crime legislation, affirmitive action, forced de-segregation, and 'hate speach' - all quite authoritarian).

Answer 3

"many of the same beliefs, only more extreme"

Uh, that means they aren't the same.

And multi-culturalism isn't necessarily a bad thing, its just when these other cultures try to force themselves on everyone else.


EDIT- Well sure some make those generalizations, not me, but you are right about that. I only call singular people communists, and I also call the communist party communist :)

Answer 4

I never use the term. However,liberals like everything labeled. BTW,libs now have lots in common with neo-Nazis. They both hate Israel and screech,"Zionist!" together at protest rallies.