Normally, when one sees the phrase “sick Nazi orgy,” the assumption is that “Nazi” is being used in a loose, metaphorical sense — in the manner that certain angry young liberals call anything they dislike “fascist,” even if it has nothing to do with the trains running on time.
But in this case — which is one of the more smile-inducing stories of recent months — no, they really mean “Nazi.”
The Nazi orgiast in question is Max Mosley, the head of Formula One racing and the son of Britain’s most famous fascist, Oswald Mosley. (Well, maybe Lord Haw Haw beats him.) His mom was the noted Nazi Diana Mitford, who is probably better known to Americans at the sister of Jessica Mitford.
(Americans may know Oswald Mosley best as the inspiration for Roderick Spode in P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves novels, or as the real “Oswald” [not Lee Harvey] in the lyrics to Elvis Costello’s “Less Than Zero.”)
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