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Why Trump/Miller/MAGA/Republicans have chosen "Antifa" to go after. (Original Post) applegrove Oct 2025 OP
Antifa is a state of mind. You know, anti-fascism. Hard to fight an idea. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2025 #1
Trump is simply following in his idol's footsteps... AntiFascist Oct 2025 #2
Yup. All the No Kings protesters will be called ANTIFA. IcyPeas Oct 2025 #3
Please spell it out on the t-shirts... AntiFascist Oct 2025 #4
Mike Johnson said that Democrats were bullied into supporting the no kings applegrove Oct 2025 #5
Just another Epstein distraction edbermac Oct 2025 #6
Bogeymen... ultralite001 Oct 2025 #7

AntiFascist

(13,756 posts)
2. Trump is simply following in his idol's footsteps...
Fri Oct 10, 2025, 07:47 PM
Oct 2025
...
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 Hitler’s national regime.

Almost immediately, Hitler began dismantling Germany’s 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)
3. Yup. All the No Kings protesters will be called ANTIFA.
Fri Oct 10, 2025, 07:54 PM
Oct 2025

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)
4. Please spell it out on the t-shirts...
Fri Oct 10, 2025, 07:59 PM
Oct 2025

too many people probably don't understand what antifa is an abbreviation for and associate it with rioting.

applegrove

(133,102 posts)
5. Mike Johnson said that Democrats were bullied into supporting the no kings
Fri Oct 10, 2025, 08:06 PM
Oct 2025

March by communists, antifa et al.

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