Interesting note under a LRC article Archived Message
Posted by johnlilburne on June 30, 2019, 6:31 pm
It has been pointed out that the expression ‘stabbed in the back’ was used by Hitler and the Nazis to try to explain the German defeat in the First World War. Hitler was a notorious antisemite and he managed to blame Jewish people in part for the disaster. This was of course preposterous. All the same quoting Hitler, even inadvertently, is not good practice for a socialist organisation, so we are withdrawing the expression.
Didn't realise that was where the expression came from. Presumably, 'stabbed in the front' is perfectly acceptable, especially if the knife is wielded by Jess Phillips.