Thousands of ignorant U.S. soccer fans are tweeting about ‘Nazis’

Will Clint Dempsey, left, and Michael Bradley celebrating at the end of the U.S. match against Germany? (Andres Stapff/Reuters)

The U.S. is minutes away from facing off against Germany in the 2014 World Cup, and overzealous fans are taking to Twitter to display their total ignorance of the other team. Per Topsy, a Twitter analytics tool, more than 1,000 tweets have been sent with the word “Nazis” in the past hour, a significant spike over the average use of the word.

Let’s go US! Take down the nazis!

— michael bernardino (@Mike_Bernardino) June 26, 2014

Let’s beat these nazis #Merica 💪⚽

— Jeremy Fischer (@FischHappens) June 26, 2014

Let’s beat the nazis #USA #iBelieve

— Cole Keating (@CKeating11) June 26, 2014

Scalp the Nazis! U-S-A U-S-A

— Tanner Gullett (@T_Gullett17) June 26, 2014

Today won’t be the first time ’Merica takes down the Nazis and it won’t be the last #freedomthroughSoccer

— Bryce Huskey (@bryce_huskey14) June 26, 2014

I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN #USA #NAZIS #FREEDOM #Klinsmann

— Oscar Serna (@oeserna67) June 26, 2014

USAAAAAAA BEAT THE NAZIS

— Kyle Gordon (@KyleTCTC) June 26, 2014

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 >>> nazis

— Mike Van Der Veken (@vandy25) June 26, 2014

For the record, the words “Germans” and “Nazis” aren’t synonyms. Do better next time, U.S. soccer fans.