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26. Exactly no one seems to learn that....

Reply to Downtown Hound (Reply #21)

Sun Aug 18, 2019, 12:13 PM

Aug 2019

and get rid of the assholes who destroy the neighborhoods & business'

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Antifascist is a better term than "antifa." Take back language. [View all] mahina Aug 2019 OP

Whichever. Foil Nazis. nt greyl Aug 2019 #1

Fo Na mahina Aug 2019 #3

Call the Nazis: The MOFONAZI TheBlackAdder Aug 2019 #43

Shh it's my secret language just for the cool kids mahina Aug 2019 #44

YES; use the full word. eShirl Aug 2019 #2

Exactly. We should start referring to Antifa as the Antifacists. Blue_true Aug 2019 #42

I sort of agree canetoad Aug 2019 #4

I don't think it's young people who made up that term. I think it was focus group tested and mahina Aug 2019 #5

I didn't know that canetoad Aug 2019 #7

woosh. nt greyl Aug 2019 #6

This will seem petty, but if you're taking back language, spell it correctly muriel_volestrangler Aug 2019 #8

Not petty. Thank you v mahina Aug 2019 #23

Language isn't even the problem here. Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2019 #9

Totally agree. Mike Niendorff Aug 2019 #10

My dad was anti-fascist in WWII. So were millions of others. CaptainTruth Aug 2019 #11

Anitfascists should also not be conflated with Crazyleftie Aug 2019 #12

I thought most anarachists Sgent Aug 2019 #13

Origin is historical, but yes, let's just go with the full-on English PandoraAwakened Aug 2019 #14

Antifa is a traditional term going back to the early 20th century. It's what the anti-fascist lutherj Aug 2019 #15

Great post, +1000 for history PandoraAwakened Aug 2019 #18

Totally agree with you, and we'll said! I didn't mean to imply that the right wants to get rid lutherj Aug 2019 #31

... PandoraAwakened Aug 2019 #34

Don't be lazy about being antifascist Peasant1776 Aug 2019 #35

What a tempest in a teapot. marble falls Aug 2019 #40

My info was recalled from Mark Bray's book: Antifa: the Antifascist Handbook lutherj Aug 2019 #46

Where did they originate? kentuck Aug 2019 #16

As #14 and #15 say, the term originated in Nazi Germany, used by the people themselves muriel_volestrangler Aug 2019 #17

See post above on origin: Don't be Lazy about being antifascist Peasant1776 Aug 2019 #36

Yes, I just saw it being spun as anti-first amendment Arazi Aug 2019 #19

The white extremists are 2 1/2 years in PandoraAwakened Aug 2019 #20

Wow. mahina Aug 2019 #25

Who cares? Don't let the right dictate what language we use. n/t Downtown Hound Aug 2019 #21

+1 HeartlandProgressive Aug 2019 #22

Disagree wholeheartedly. The purpose of words us to communicate. mahina Aug 2019 #24

Antifa is hardly a powerless word Downtown Hound Aug 2019 #29

Of course that's not what I said. mahina Aug 2019 #33

Exactly no one seems to learn that.... Historic NY Aug 2019 #26

At some point Fascist are going to get in your face. gordianot Aug 2019 #27

I want to plug Anti Na. Coz calling them all nazis is punchier, less academic. Mc Mike Aug 2019 #28

Being Antifascist is being proud of having a political stance "on the right side of history ". Triloon Aug 2019 #30

Americans, on the whole, are easily confused, and easily misled not_the_one Aug 2019 #32

Eh, they have been calling themselves that since World War II m-lekktor Aug 2019 #37

Aren't you a charmer! mahina Aug 2019 #39

Either one works for me. Iggo Aug 2019 #38

Yeah and quit calling them Nazis, its the National Socialist German Workers' Party ... marble falls Aug 2019 #41

I'm anti-fascist Dorian Gray Aug 2019 #45

I agree. spanone Aug 2019 #47