It tracks that a fascist would present a picture of people who aren’t able-bodied white men and just assume that one should take that as intrinsically negative. It reveals their vile mindset.
Antifa has leaders?! Since when?
Also anyone who’s against antifa, is fascist. By definition.
Anybody who’s against North Korea is against democracy. Anybody who’s against nazis is against socialism.
Just to be clear, your implication is that Antifa isn’t actually anti-fascist, but is fascist themselves?
Do you realize how hard it would be for antifa, a decentralized concept that people self identify as, to band together to oppress everyone in favor of nationalism? And what nation would they be oppressing for?
If you are correct, and I want you be clear that you aren’t and you’re dumb, but if you are correct then I’m fucking impressed by antifa more than ever.
I think they’re just saying names aren’t always accurate, given the North Korea -> democracy (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) and Nazi -> socialism (National Socialist) examples.
Antifa is great but sweeping statements based only on a name like the one they’re responding to are definitely not accurate
This assumes that antifa is an organization of some sort. If you think of antifa as an identity or aspiration the statement makes sense.
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Felsiq is right on the money - it’s a braindead argument regardless of how you feel about antifa.
I don’t know why people itt keep saying that “it’s not an organization” somehow absolves it of any misdirection regarding its name.
I suppose a more direct comparison is “if you’re anti-pro-life, you’re anti-life.”
Still seems bonkers to me they made anti-fascists the bad guys.
It demonstrates they don’t comprehend basic English - this statement included.
Not really. To you, antifa is a loosely-if-at-all organised collection of people united by opposition to fascism. To them, it’s a real organisation with actual members who use violence against the government. To you, because the collection isn’t really organised, the name determines what it is. To them, because it’s a real organisation, the name can be a lie and doesn’t matter. To you, direct action against the government is justified, because they’re in the process of creating a fascist state. To them, the government isn’t fascist, so action against the government can’t be on the basis of anti-fascism; antifa must therefore be a dishonest label.
Ah, but you have made the classical mistake of assuming they think/ actually believe what they are saying and arent just trying to disenfranchise billions.
Who’s “they”, now? I think that plenty of politicians knowingly misrepresent things like this, but I don’t think the average Trump voter/Fox news watcher understands. Otherwise the politicians and the news just wouldn’t have to lie.
A friend asked me what is antifa… I started carrying crayons after that encounter.
To feed your friend?
