Quote (El1te @ May 9 2023 01:42pm)
I haven't read this whole topic but by this interpretation, modern actual neo-nazis (e.g. the Aryan Brotherhood) are also not real nazis because they aren't taking over the world or genociding people
But, yes, thats generally accurate, penis hat is right to make that distinction. Hell a neo nazi just got 45 years in prison for murdering 2 other neo nazis after he converted to islam and decided he needed to kill the nazis and stop the fourth reich in the name of mohammed. Like the OP case, the root issue is mental illness not the actual ideology.
The Nazis in Ukraine are by contrast actual Nazis. Serving a state power, an offshoot of a historical SS branch. They aren't some fringe nutcases as likely to become trannies as terrorists- they are a mainstream political group that won elections.