Yes Ronnie, Fascists have been historically associated with rightests, nationalists, and jingoists. However, many people just hear the word thrown out there and they apply it to someone without much thought about its meaning. To some extent, that's the result of efforts by conservative talk show hosts to associate the word with liberals and more particularly Democrats. I particular Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh do that. So, fasists, Nazi, communist, etc. get so homgenized that tye lose their distinctions from one another.
Nevermind that the Nazis and Socialists/Communists were sworn blood enemies in Weimar Germany, and when Hitler became Chancellor...well, lets just say the Jews weren't the only ones shipped off to the local death camp.
Oh and that whole umm Spanish Civil War thing...
