In regards to the usage of the "word" antifa ( an'-tee-fah, an-tee'-fah) -

[werdna]

- I suggest all liberally oriented people, all Democratic Party organizations and Pacs resolve to use only the term "anti-fascist" instead. I feel "antifa" is a cringe worthy diminution of the meaning that one is against fascism and "antifa's" meaning has been perverted for right wing propaganda purposes.

[jmbar2]

1. The word Antifa is hereby reclaimed to make it mirthful

[MineralMan]

2. I'm not sure of the correct pronunciation of antifa.

Maybe we should visit the official Antifa website or contact top leaders of the organization and ask what the preferred pronunciation is.

Here's a link:

http://www.antifa.org

Oh, wait...never mind...

[ret5hd]

3. this tactic worked so well when...

we skittered away from the word “liberal” and hid behind the nicer word “progressive”, so i agree! we should always allow the right to guide our definitions and terminologies!

[werdna]

7. I suggest you contact someone -

- identifying themselves as a progressive and ask them if they are a liberal. You may find the exercise to be educational.

[Bobstandard]

8. I'll start. Yes and yes. Call me either or both. I'm fine with it.

[eShirl]

4. I never started using "antifa" because I think it's a stupid word that becomes stripped of meaning with overuse.

I've always used "anti-fascist" to mean anti-fascist.

[Igel]

9. Almost 80 years ago George Orwell said the same about 'fascist".

That it had come to meaning anything somebody sufficient on the left found even mildly unpleasant.

And yet, there we are.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

5. And then two weeks later someone will be like "I suggest all liberally minded etc etc etc stop using the term

anti-fascist to describe our opponents, it makes us look unhinged/unserious/extremist etc.”

[Ms. Toad]

6. Neither antifa nor anti-fascist are names I would have called myself

Before the right started using then against progressive, so I'm not likely to adopt either, now.

I can't reclaim something I never owned (as one responder suggested), nor am I changing what I'm calling myself from one thing to another (like liberal to progressive) because the right attempted to make what I called myself a dirty word (as another responder suggested).

I see zero benefit in making myself a target simply to spite Trump, et al.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. Simple lesson in double negatives, if you are anti-Antifa, then you are a fascist

[Vinca]

11. And we should start calling Dear Leader "pro-fascist" since that's what the opposite of anti is.

[Orrex]

12. When I first heard Fox News pronouncing it an-TEE-fa...

I saw at once that it was an effort to phonetically separate the term from "anti-fascist" and thereby rebrand it with a connotation of their choosing.