How comparisons with Nazi politics are criticized

The German socialdemocrat Ludwig Stiegler compared the election program of the conservative party CDU with a Nazi slogan, as the Frankfurter Neue Presse reports. Stiegel said the CDU slogan "Social is what creates new jobs" reminds him of the Nazi slogan "Work makes free". This was the slogan of various concentration camps including Dachau and Auschwitz.

A meaningful critic came from the head of the SPD Frank Müntefering: "Democtratic parties shouldn't accuse each other with slogans of the extreme right or even of the national socialism. That is not appropriate and not our language." And also a commenter in the Tagesspiegel found Stiegler's comparison ludicrous.

These critics are wrong because they never argue if such a comparison is right or not. Stiegel pointed out a common ground between the two ideas: Both the Nazis and the Conservatives (and the Socialdemocrates by the way too) find work quite important. They both have positive concepts of work. They both think that if somebody is lazy that this would not be a good thing.