Don't fall for MAGA agitators at the No Kings rallies on Sat, don't lean into the word antifa.

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8. I don't agree with Antifa

Yes, we are anti-fascist but antifa has used violence to shut down Nazi and White Supremacist rallies. We have a free speech tradition in this country. If Fascists want to hold a rally they need to be left enough room to do it and the response should be a counter rally right next to theirs. Preferably one about 50 times the size of the Fascist rally. Violence makes us all look bad.

"Does Antifa engage in violence?
Critics say what sets Antifa apart from mainstream left-wing groups is the willingness of some of its activists to use violence to further their cause, which they in turn claim is in self-defence.

Activists often dress in dark clothing and cover their faces in public. Online videos viewed by the BBC show some carrying clubs, shields, sticks and pepper spray in rallies.

In 2017, around 100 masked activists carrying Antifa-linked signs and flags attacked a group of right-wing protesters in Berkeley, California, resulting in multiple arrests.

During the unrest that erupted in the US after the killing of George Floyd in 2020, a self-proclaimed Antifa activist, 48-year-old Michael Reinoehl, shot and killed a supporter of Patriot Prayer, a Portland-area far-right group. Reinoehl was subsequently shot dead by police."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ced5gqn0p6jo

Coopting the name antifa is a bad idea.