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Tracking the legitimization of ANTIFA by the left and sadly, by the right

Posted on 8/18/17 at 3:30 pm
Posted by roadGator
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Posted on 8/18/17 at 3:30 pm
Put examples here as you find them.

quote:

“Though we don’t agree with Antifa’s tactics and strategy and adventurism, we respect their willingness to put their bodies on the line to fight fascists,” Brown explained.


Legitimization of the left's defacto army
This post was edited on 8/18/17 at 4:06 pm
Posted by member12
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Posted on 8/18/17 at 3:33 pm to
quote:

Antifa


This might be the most ironic name since "Affordable Care Act".
Posted by AggieDub14
Oil Baron
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Posted on 8/18/17 at 3:34 pm to
Or the Patriot Act
Posted by HempHead
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Posted on 8/18/17 at 3:34 pm to
It's not ironic - they aren't fascists by any means - but they are certainly authoritarian figs.
Posted by upgrayedd
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Posted on 8/18/17 at 3:35 pm to
quote:


“Though we don’t agree with Antifa’s tactics and strategy and adventurism, we respect their willingness to put their bodies on the line to fight fascists,” Brownshirt explained.
Posted by AnonymousTiger
Franklin, TN
Member since Jan 2012
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Posted on 8/18/17 at 3:35 pm to
Antifa = anti (f)irst (a)mendment
Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Posted on 8/18/17 at 3:51 pm to
quote:

It's not ironic - they aren't fascists by any means - but they are certainly authoritarian figs.

some historical context:

ANTIFA organizations were communist and opposed fascism

ANTIFA organizations validated the arguments of the fascists. everywhere ANTIFA rose up, it propelled the fascists to victory

if you ever needed a lesson in how ANTIFA is communist, look no further than their current argument of "this time, it's gonna work"
Posted by roadGator
Member since Feb 2009
139677 posts
Posted on 8/18/17 at 4:07 pm to
Updated to include the GOPe twats

Gutless GOP

quote:

What do Democrats, the mainstream media, Mitt Romney, John Kasich, John McCain, and Marco Rubio all have in common? All have publicly joined together to legitimize Antifa, a leftwing terrorist group dedicated to silencing and crushing the political Right.
Posted by ShortyRob
Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 8/18/17 at 4:09 pm to
And people got upset when I said the left was lining up in support of ANTIFA.

I think every fricker in here who got upset should pull that thread back up and kiss my fricking arse.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Posted on 8/18/17 at 4:14 pm to


that was 6 months ago after teh Milo-Berkeley incident
Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Posted on 8/18/17 at 4:31 pm to
LINK

quote:

Mark Lance, professor of justice and peace at Georgetown University, said the Antifa movement's rise is a clear response to more open fascist organizing.

"I'm seeing more concrete productive discussion between anti-fascists and others on the Left these days than ever before in my life," Lance said.

"There is reason to think that it will become integrated into an emerging coalition that includes Sanders supporters, democratic socialists, dreamers, the Movement for Black Lives, environmentalists, [and] Native American organizers," he said.

Lance said Antifa actions "need not be violent confrontation, but most Antifa, in practice, are willing to physically resist fascist marches and defend themselves against fascist attack."


Posted by chalmetteowl
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Member since Jan 2008
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Posted on 8/18/17 at 4:38 pm to
quote:

There is reason to think that it will become integrated into an emerging coalition that includes Sanders supporters, democratic socialists, dreamers, the Movement for Black Lives, environmentalists, [and] Native American organizers," he said.
what hasn't been said much, is that these people didn't really like Hillary either
Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Posted on 8/18/17 at 4:45 pm to
well that's why the hyperbolic reaction to calling them alt-left is hilarious

the "alt-left" was a term coined by mainstream DEMs to attack the fringe left who supported Bernie

you're gonna find a HUGE overlap between that group and the group Trump called the "alt-Left"
Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Posted on 8/18/17 at 4:49 pm to
Teacher Accused Of Punching Neo-Nazi Says Standing Up To Fascism Isn’t A Crime

quote:

A middle school teacher in Berkeley, California, accused of punching a neo-Nazi during a 2016 protest is arguing that standing up to fascism is not a crime.


quote:

Felarca, who is a member of an activist group called By Any Means Necessary (BAMN), has been charged with felony assault, as well as two misdemeanor counts of inciting and participating in a riot, according to KPIX TV.

Footage of the demonstration appears to show Felarca repeatedly punching a member of the Traditionalist Worker Party, a white nationalist group described as ”a front for neo-Nazi sympathizers” by ABC 10. The taller man is holding up his hands while trying to get police officers to help. Other protesters drag the man to the ground before the police intervene.
Posted by chalmetteowl
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Posted on 8/18/17 at 4:50 pm to
quote:

the "alt-left" was a term coined by mainstream DEMs to attack the fringe left who supported Bernie

meant for progressives to coopt it into being who they are, without the stigma from the mainstream as compared to socialists or Antifa or Bernie bros. For example, you call me a Chalmation or call women bitches, they start calling themselves that with a positive connotation.

For all we heard about the alt-right, did we really not think a mirror image would pop up on the left? Trump was admittedly masterful at not pissing them off much, and Hillary didn't seem to think she needed them
This post was edited on 8/18/17 at 4:57 pm
Posted by ShortyRob
Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 8/18/17 at 4:51 pm to
quote:

SlowFlowPro

I hope they all die.

I hope they all walk in to the wrong scene and die horrible deaths.

And make no mistake board.

If members of ANTIFA get massacred, I absolutely WILL cheer it on this board just as I would cheer the KKK getting massacred if they were running around assaulting people to prevent free speech.

EVERY right thinking American should consider this flat out war.

They
Need
To
Die
This post was edited on 8/18/17 at 4:52 pm
Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Posted on 8/18/17 at 4:52 pm to
quote:

For all we heard about the alt-right, did we really not think a mirror image would pop up on the left?

one could argue the Alt-Right is the response to the Alt-Left

*ETA: and the cucks
This post was edited on 8/18/17 at 4:52 pm
Posted by blueboy
Member since Apr 2006
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Posted on 8/18/17 at 5:09 pm to
quote:

They
Need
To
Die
Chill out, shorty.
Posted by MizzouBS
Missouri
Member since Dec 2014
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Posted on 8/18/17 at 5:10 pm to
Saw on CNN that they believed ANTIFA was hurting there own cause by becoming more violent.

The way CNN was reporting it sounded like they believed ANTIFA was becoming what they were fighting against.

First time I have seen CNN put down BLM or ANTIFA. It showed clips of ANTIFA being destructive in Portland while interviewing someone from the police department.

Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Posted on 8/18/17 at 5:18 pm to
quote:

The way CNN was reporting it sounded like they believed ANTIFA was becoming what they were fighting against.


"becoming"



a riot in response to non-Nazis....6 months ago

"becoming"

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