Nazi brownpants with riot shields parade through Boston after members pulled out of clown-car U-Haul in Idaho

They exist.

Just saying.

Any choral groups up to a rousing chorus of Springtime for Hitler?

The American eugenicists of the early 20th century were following a similar philosophy of biological purity. And that included forcibly sterilizing anyone they considered likely to give birth to ... take your pick: imbeciles, idiots, etc. And they were successful in some parts of the nation. People were forcibly sterilized - against their will.

Home grown NAZIs were part of the US until Germany declared war on the US. But had Germany not declared war on the US? Hitler hoped that the US would stay out of Europe and let him conquer all of Europe. He believed the US would work with Germany to stamp out undesirables, impure and imperfect. Afterall the US was a scion of the English whom Hitler also believed would ultimately accept German rule.

Today’s demonstration was not Comic-Con, it was the second session of the MA GOP convention.

Hey Geoff…take off the mask!

I generally agree with what you've said here. But suggesting that they are "closet cases" and talking about "fascist drag" and speculating that they "get aroused when discussing violence with [their] equally unstable friends" only helps to reinforce the idea of homosexuality as deserving of stigmatized status. You may not be aware of this, but Hitler's critics and opponents frequently used the fact that there were gay men in his movement (most prominently but not exclusively Ernst Roehm) as one more reason to attack it: their criticism of the Nazis was based in part on its tolerance (in limited ways, and not permanently) of the presence of gay men. See "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich", otherwise a fine work, but the dated homophobia is to its detriment. It isn't something to emulate.

(yes, I'm perfectly aware of the night of the long knives, and the pink triangles. Doesn't change this)

They got tipped off by someone who saw them loading into that U-Haul. This case is a little alarming for that reason: usually these goobers lack any kind of discipline when it comes to keeping secrets, but it looks like they succeeded this time.