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Biophilic

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2. And that was probably our original sin: we took it all for granted.

Reply to dwayneb (Original post)

Thu Sep 18, 2025, 02:13 PM

Sep 18

I did my due diligence as a citizen. I voted, I protested, I enouraged others to be active citizens, but I never, ever had the slightest worry about losing our democracy, our freedom. I was born in ‘46 and grew up with the pride of the people who had won The War and were now moving forward in our own country. I never once worried that we might lose it all within my own life time.

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Implications of Antifa being declared a "terrorist organization" [View all] dwayneb Sep 18 OP

Kafkaesque by design. C_U_L8R Sep 18 #1

And that was probably our original sin: we took it all for granted. Biophilic Sep 18 #2

I never took it for granted dwayneb Sep 18 #4

I still don't know if he can do this legally. LeftInTX Sep 18 #3

I remember the 60's differently from you Fiendish Thingy Sep 18 #5

Lol @ the idea of "Antifa" being any sort of a real organization AZJonnie Sep 18 #6

No one knows who antifa is bob4460 Sep 18 #7

The implications are zero, Ms. Toad Sep 18 #8

Unless this is successfully opposed as a concept, there will be other real organizations next. Can't let this one go nt wiggs Sep 18 #14

Well, since the entity with legal standing to sue doesn't exist . . . Ms. Toad Sep 18 #15

The MaddowBlog-The unsettling consequence of Trump designating antifa as a 'major terrorist organization' LetMyPeopleVote Sep 18 #9

This is playing to the MAGA crowd. Aunt Tifa is still a big bogey man to them. progressoid Sep 18 #10

I accidentally fell into that while searching a source of rumors about the death of a local LeftInTX Sep 18 #16

There is no organization named Antifa LetMyPeopleVote Sep 18 #11

Antifa, the word, needs to be put to rest. Prairie_Seagull Sep 18 #12

This kind of action has another possible result The Madcap Sep 18 #13

If you are anti-AntiFa, then you are a fascist LetMyPeopleVote Sep 23 #17

Will they be arresting the CEO of Antifa first? Ping Tung Sep 23 #18