I have a dictionary and I know how to use it!

One of the "joys" of living in the DC suburbs is that I get to witness political rallies up close. I know that I can certainly turn on FOX News or MSNBC to get commentary, but I typically see these rallies on the local news channels which appear to be pretty neutral in their reporting of such events. Basically they just put the info out there so us locals know why it's taking twice as long to get to the Caps game on the metro or why Aunt Susie can't find a hotel room for Cousin Tom's wedding. But I digress.

I attended my very first rally last week when I went to the Rally to Restore Sanity/Fear. It was great seeing such a huge gathering of fairly like-minded people. However one thing stood out immediately. All the signs I saw were very clever and none of them contained misspelled words! Wow! Jon Stewart's rally was attended by a lot of Fake Americans! This was immediately apparent because the signs I saw didn't look like these signs which were displayed by Real Americans at other rallies:






But dictionaries aren't only useful to help us with spelling. They come in handy for actually teaching us the meanings of different words. Consider the following words as defined by my dictionary:

Socialism: A political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole. Policy or practice based on this theory.

Fascism: An authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization; (in general use) extreme right-wing, authoritarian, or intolerant views or practice.

Nazi: A member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party; a member of an organization with similar ideology; (derogatory) a person who holds or acts brutally in accordance with extreme racist or authoritarian views.

While I can see a similarity between Nazi and fascism, I fail to see the similarity between socialism and Nazi--two words that are often seen (and misspelled!) on rally signs to describe this man and his policies:

I just don't get it.