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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy Trump/Miller/MAGA/Republicans have chosen "Antifa" to go after.
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(32,606 posts)AntiFascist
(13,756 posts)Following the Reichstag fire Hitler used this episode to convince President Hindenburg to declare an emergency decree suspending many civil liberties throughout Germany, including freedom of the press, freedom of expression, and the right to hold public assemblies. The police were authorized to detain citizens without cause, and the authority usually exercised by regional governments became subject to control by Hitlers national regime.
Almost immediately, Hitler began dismantling Germanys democratic institutions and imprisoning or murdering his chief opponents. When Hindenburg died the following year, Hitler took the titles of führer, chancellor, and commander in chief of the army...
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/how-did-adolf-hitler-happen
He's just waiting for his Reichstag Fire.
IcyPeas
(25,791 posts)Are the goons going to show up at the next NO Kings protests and arrest us all? should we wear ANTIFA tee shirts?
Anyone who dares to disagree with trump is ANTIFA
AntiFascist
(13,756 posts)too many people probably don't understand what antifa is an abbreviation for and associate it with rioting.
applegrove
(133,102 posts)March by communists, antifa et al.
edbermac
(16,487 posts)
ultralite001
(2,677 posts)Simple as that... Fear is a great motivator...
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