Way too many people in our country seem obsessed with using the word "Nazi" when trying to discredit their adversaries.

            To think that people you disagree with, or downright hate, are automatically Nazis is cheapening the word.  Doing so dulls the word and, perhaps, you don't understand the horrible events Adolf Hitler and the Nazis brought to this world less than a century ago.

            Events like World War II that led to more than 60 million deaths, according to the National World War II Museum; a Final Solution that led to more than six million Jews, Jehovah's Witnesses, gypsies, homosexuals, people with disabilities, and others dying, according to the Holocaust Museum; and a belief in German racial superiority.

            People need to learn about the horrible level of brutality and degradation that occurred at Nazi concentration camps.  Each concentration camp the Nazis built brought new levels of horror that surpassed the previous ones.

            Perhaps once people realize that calling a political opponent, or anyone who disagrees with you, a Nazi may be caused by their own curbed vocabulary, they may change course.

            People who paint swastikas on a Tesla are only hurting the owners of the vehicles – many of whom probably purchased their car as an act to help save the environment.

            Boycotting Tesla dealers or setting fires to dealers reminded me of April 1, 1933, when the Nazis called for boycotting all Jewish shops in Germany as well as Jewish physicians and lawyers.  Jewish students were also forbidden to attend schools and universities.

            It seems like it doesn't matter what you stand for, as long as you stand against the same people that a certain group does.  If not, you are a Nazi.

            Name-calling, no matter what side of the political aisle you lean towards, is appalling.  It is reminiscent of childish finger-pointing from years ago that has turned into the slander and libel of today. 

            Did those children really grow up?  Are they just trying to get a viral moment?

            People who disagree with you may display a number of traits but being a Nazi is not necessarily one of them. 

            Learn what a Nazi was/is before you casually use the word to describe others, and learn about the terror that displaying a swastika causes to many before you decide to paint one in your feeble attempt at a protest.

            After you take the time to learn, then decide if you still want to use this "N" word.