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leftstreet
(41,253 posts)BOSSHOG
(44,738 posts)never ever use the secret greeting in public or mention Uncle You know who.
Tommy Carcetti
(44,586 posts)Which is much appreciated.
mwooldri
(10,827 posts)I'd say these days "intruder alert"....
lostnfound
(17,630 posts)Coldwater
(1,343 posts)
flvegan
(66,524 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(182,047 posts)
rickford66
(6,094 posts)littlemissmartypants
(34,367 posts)maxsolomon
(39,127 posts)Around the time of the BLM Protests.
I followed 2 of them:
Emerald City Antifa
Rose City Antifa
They basically were information clearing houses. I learned quite a bit about the RW Militia provocateurs that came into Portland (and continue to come into Portland), and about Mutual Aid efforts to help the homeless populations in the PNW. Things like people pulling bike trailers around Tacoma handing out sandwiches and clean needles.
I have no idea if the pages were run by 1 person, or an "organization", but they went dark quite a while ago when Mike Reinoehl was gunned down in the street by US Marshals in Lacey WA. Probably read the writing on the wall.
I also actually saw with my own eyes (probable) Antifa members carrying an Antifa flag at a BLM protest in NE Seattle. Well, they might have been kids that bought an Antifa flag online. I got a screen-printed sign from them. I was the oldest person in the march. I was 57 or 58. Such a young idealist...
BurnDoubt
(1,908 posts)Republicans ARE the party of:
"Invisible Hands"
"Imaginary Friends"
"Alternative Facts"
AND
"Magical Thinking"
So...
Why not Non-Existent Nemeses
The Scary Part: How will they even know if they've eradicated them?
Oh... I get it!
BurnDoubt
(1,908 posts)When I was a boy, Antifa was present in almost every home in America.
There were more Antifa than Republicans and Democrats combined.
In fact, most Democrats and Republicans WERE Antifa.
AND, in fact... NONE of them wanted to destroy the America that defeated fascists. Republicans have nurtured far-right militias, and in fact joined and supported them.
They CANNOT be relied-upon to defend the actual principals that made America Great.
VMA131Marine
(5,335 posts)If theyre going to be open about acting like Nazis then I say we should roll with it.
eppur_se_muova
(42,518 posts)
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