Antifa is a Russian front...at least in this latest formation

[Baltimike]

They are registered....where? RUSSIA

Link to tweet

?lang=en&fbclid=IwAR2lcW7-y7gshrlwCLEtBijUEU1XwZxDm-c6GfExmdxYSHPAtn8bwunmkuI

[harumph]

1. Uh, no - read the twitter thread. Anyone can purchase a domain name.

Louise Mensch is not that stupid either. Hint hint.

[DURHAM D]

4. Got it. nt

[Baltimike]

7. I appreciate your concern...I really do...

I guess all those bots they're talking about are actually real.

[JonLP24]

29. Are you sure she isn't

She has one of the strangest accounts for a blue check.

[DURHAM D]

2. Is this the work of Erik Prince?

Has it been Erik all along? Betsy must be proud.

[Baltimike]

8. He is a criminal, and so is she, so...

I have no idea about whether they have a hand in this, but it smacks of a strawman

[brush]

3. Don't be gullible. Anybody can set up a web site and call it Antifa...

to make anti-fascists look bad. That has Russian bot smell all over it. Falling for that is about as ridiculous as Barr and trump calling Antifa a terrorist organization, as if they are an organized entity with officers and the like and their headquarters will be raided.

How dumb can you get, or are you one who we should cast the side eye at as well?

[Baltimike]

9. so Russian bots can antagonize THAT ONE Antifa domain, but no other?

O-kay.

[brush]

12. Don't you get it? Russians probably set up the domain.

Anybody can for a few dollars/rubles. It's not expensive.

[Sunsky]

25. Exactly

Russian disinformation being spread here on DU. A domain registration is nothing. I did a search for myself and I got different registrar and a different country (Panama). Also, the name was opened to be purchased by anyone.
Remember Russia works in concert with the Trump campaign, we have to be very careful.

[Newest Reality]

5. Think now...

Who would want to make Antifascists look bad? Who would want to fashion a straw scapegoat that then could become a blanket term for anyone you want to incarcerate or get rid of? That could include liberals, progressives, academics eventually, etc. Or, anyone you want to.

They know what they are doing in steering the narrative into to a rather nebulous scapegoat utility. This is Fascist playbook material.

Hmmm?

[Baltimike]

10. Think now...

This antifa thing started from the right. It is a straw man.

I am anti fascist. But they are mostly Russian bots.

[brush]

15. I doubt antifa started from the right. Their identity is being co-opted...

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by right wing extremist to blame all the violence going on now on the left.

The antifa movement is on our side. Don't you remember during the Charlottesville debacle of the neo-nazis, KKKers and alt-right assholes? Antifa were the ones opposing them, they actually saved a group of rabbis from being attacked by the alt-right goons, among other activities against trump's "fine people".

[Baltimike]

16. which is why I said, THIS FORMATION of it is.

Co-opted is the perfect word.

I get it. Antifa was originally, and still is a good thing...being anti-fascist is good. But this is like the new strawman they will be shooting down.

The "caravans of illegals" is going to turn into "Antifa"

[AlexSFCA]

6. appears to be active disinformation

now you know whenever antifa is invoked, it is likely disinformation. It has become a dog whistle word for white supremacists.

[Baltimike]

11. YAS!!! It just smacks of it too. nt

[marble falls]

13. If it were Russian inspired, Trump would be rubbing all against it.

[blogslut]

14. Louise Mensch is a troll

Antifa isn't doing this. It's the boogaloo bois

[backscatter712]

17. There was a fake "Antifa" Twitter account that was found to be run by Identity Evropa.

[Gothmog]

18. White nationalist group posing as antifa called for violence on Twitter

Link to tweet

A Twitter account claiming to belong to a national “antifa” organization and pushing violent rhetoric related to ongoing protests has been linked to the white nationalist group Identity Evropa, according to a Twitter spokesperson.

The spokesperson said the account violated the company's platform manipulation and spam policy, specifically the creation of fake accounts. Twitter suspended the account after a tweet that incited violence.

As protests were taking place in multiple states across the U.S. Sunday night, the newly created account, @ANTIFA_US, tweeted, “Tonight’s the night, Comrades,” with a brown raised fist emoji and “Tonight we say 'F--- The City' and we move into the residential areas... the white hoods.... and we take what's ours …”

This isn’t the first time Twitter has taken action against fake accounts engaged in hateful conduct linked to Identity Evropa, according to the spokesperson.

The antifa movement — a network of loosely organized radical groups who use direct action to fight the far-right and fascism — has been targeted by President Donald Trump as the force behind some of the violence and property destruction seen at some protests, though little evidence has been provided for such claims.

Other misinformation and misleading claims spread across Twitter on Sunday night and into Monday related to the protests.

Two hashtags that trended worldwide on Twitter falsely claimed that there was a "cover-up" or a "blackout" of protests in Washington, D.C., overnight. Both appeared to insinuate that protesters have been silenced in some way, perhaps by a secret internet blackout.

[uponit7771]

23. +1,

[PunkinPi]

27. +1 nt

[marmar]

34. +1. Yep. Antifa is the Right's all-purpose boogeyman.

[Historic NY]

19. Who that Republican clown with Russian domain names he sells.

[link:https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/15/was-there-a-connection-between-a-russian-bank-and-the-trump-campaign|

[stopdiggin]

20. Sorry. Antifa is NOT a Russian front

and it doesn't matter who purchases a .com name. Don't fall for this. And don't waste any time on this. It's just wrong.

[Baltimike]

30. Sorry...You're not paying attention...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142505193

[stopdiggin]

32. paying pretty close attention

the OP heading makes a statement that is just flat out wrong. Wiggling around to later say well it really meant this other thing .. still calling BS. And you'll notice that a lot of other posters weighed in on the same note.

[stopdiggin]

35. Problem is, Mike

you keep making statements that are just flatly untrue. You appear to have very little real understanding of antifa at all. After a while people have to start wonder where the "dis-information" really lies.

This antifa thing started from the right. It is a straw man.

I am anti fascist. But they are mostly Russian bots.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

42. "Antifa" is a barely existent concept.

It's mostly a bogeyman of the right.

To the extent people claim to represent it, the vast majority of them are either anarchists or right-wing provocateurs.

[Voltaire2]

21. That's bullshit.

First “antifa” is not really an organization, it is a concept. There is no official antifa organization. There are local antifa groups, self organized and operating autonomously.

[Baltimike]

31. THAT'S bullshit

It is their latest agiprop

Organized and operating autonomously my royal Black Irish ass

[Voltaire2]

38. if that is what makes you happy, then keep believing it.

[Baltimike]

39. same.

[octoberlib]

22. Antifa has been around forever and is not a Russian front. This is Russian disinformation.

Also, Louise Mensch has been wrong, well, about basically everything.

[Kaleva]

24. I don't trust much of anything Louise Mensch says.

[demmiblue]

26. Louise Mensch... lol!

[SideStep]

33. .

https://www.whois.com/whois/antifa.com

Direct Link.

[TheBlackAdder]

36. This person said it best.

.

Comemenism
@comemenism
·
Sep 3, 2017
Antifa is an international movement that gets it's name from the German 30'ies movement Antifaschistische Aktion that was against Hitler.

Link to tweet

Anyone can buy and squat on a domain. But, it's not a movement--it's more of an ideology (anti-fascism).

I will use the common RW meme. Gee, it's amazing how universal they are.



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[aidbo]

37. Antifa do not have a website

[progressoid]

40. Bwahahahhahahaaa! Louise Mensch! Ahahahahahaha.

[Baltimike]

41. shameless kick, because YES THEY FUCKING ARE. nt