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In reply to the discussion: Does Antifa actually exist or is it a figment of the disturbed Republican psyche? [View all]brush
(53,475 posts)15. Proud Boys and Oath Keepers are organized militia groups with several of their...
Last edited Wed Mar 24, 2021, 02:53 AM - Edit history (1)
members arrested after the Jan. 6 insurrection. I have yet to see any announcement of arrests of people ID'd as antifa members.
Why not? Because it's a word hurled around by republicans, FOX and others on the right to scare people and make the left look bad. There were republican lies even that antifa was responsible for the Jan. 6 insurrection. Remember that?
Don't fall into that. It's a concept, a mindset, not any organized group. There are people who try to combat fascism, which is what the word antifa stands for.
One thing to remember, they're on our side, trying to preserve democracy from fascists.
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Does Antifa actually exist or is it a figment of the disturbed Republican psyche? [View all]
milestogo
Mar 2021
OP
No, nothing like what they imagine in their disturbed psyche ... exists (nt)
Hugh_Lebowski
Mar 2021
#1
Being against fascism is the default, common sense position. No need for silly names.
Tommy Carcetti
Mar 2021
#27
O-k-a-a-a-y. Ya might wanna add the winger groups who show up at BLM protests too...
brush
Mar 2021
#47
The line that drives me craziest is the "my grandpappy was antifa because he faught in WWII".
Crunchy Frog
Mar 2021
#46
Proud Boys and Oath Keepers are organized militia groups with several of their...
brush
Mar 2021
#15
Don't confuse anarchist who love to infiltrate non-violent protests and create violence and...
brush
Mar 2021
#44
Anti fascists often get blamed for the disruptions and distractions initiated by the anarchists
Tender hopper
Mar 2021
#17
Antifa is to the Proud Boys what the Washington Generals are to the Harlem Globetrotters.
Initech
Mar 2021
#28
Antifa is what Black Bloc and Direct Action people are when the Fascists show up.
maxsolomon
Mar 2021
#39