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ANTIFA terrorist designation...how will it work in reality?

Posted on 9/18/25 at 8:54 am
Posted by sidewalkside
rent free in yo head
Member since Sep 2021
4318 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 8:54 am
Is there any official charter, club, membership, business entity for ANTIFA? How will the govt prove someone "is antifa" if they are arrested?

Maybe I'm misunderstanding but isn't calling someone ANTIFA just like calling someone a "redneck" or a "yankee" or something like?

You know when someone is a coon arse or a west-banker but there is no formal membership or affiliation.
Posted by SidewalkDawg
Chair
Member since Nov 2012
10201 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 8:56 am to
I would imagine just claiming to be antifa won't be enough. Owning flags won't be enough. They are going after organizations and we will learn more about whether Antifa exists as one in this context.
Posted by Smeg
Member since Aug 2018
14330 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 8:57 am to
I imagine being part of Reddit/Discord groups called "ANTIFA", emails between "comrades", physical meet-ups in public wearing "ANTIFA" patches on their clothing while carrying "ANTIFA" flags and banners might be a hint in the right direction.



This post was edited on 9/18/25 at 9:00 am
Posted by statman34
Member since Feb 2011
3593 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 8:57 am to
As long as they get the people at the top that are funding it, the lower idiots will go away. Prosecute the money.
Posted by BarnHater
Member since May 2015
7593 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 8:58 am to
It’s a pretty safe bet if you’re a trans or DEI you’re probably an ANTIFA piece of shite. Further investigation will be done from there, and then the perp walk begins.
Posted by MrSpock
Member since Sep 2015
5061 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 8:58 am to
Probably the same way be blasted through Al Qaeda. We identified them by the special badges they were wearing and the membership cards they were carrying.
Posted by BarnHater
Member since May 2015
7593 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 8:58 am to
We need to get rid of Discord. That place is a breeding ground for radical leftist ideals. Anyone on it should be considered a threat to America.
Posted by idlewatcher
Planet Arium
Member since Jan 2012
92446 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 8:59 am to
Not sure how you outlaw a mere idea.

Amirite progs?
Posted by Dawgfanman
Member since Jun 2015
25881 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 8:59 am to
Remember the people who took over Seattle? We could start there.
Posted by MajorityWhip
Member since Oct 2020
1167 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 8:59 am to
They aren't worried about the jack legs that do the actual chaos.

They want to go after the people funding it all. And by having the group designated as a terrorist organization, it gives them easier access to those folks.
Posted by ReauxlTide222
St. Petersburg
Member since Nov 2010
88733 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 8:59 am to
I’d guess, pure guess, that the WH thinks it’ll be easier to look into finances and possibly take an investigation global if ANTIFA is designated a terrorist organization.
Posted by Henry Jones Jr
Member since Jun 2011
75754 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 8:59 am to
Reddit is worse than Discord IMO
Posted by Nosevens
Member since Apr 2019
17131 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 9:00 am to
I’m sure the rats that get caught will fold under duress of long term consequences. Getting leaderships and funding infrastructure as well as hard evidence from communications will show structure of an organized effort. Because they aren’t chartered doesn’t mean they aren’t organized
Posted by BuckeyeGoon
Member since Jan 2025
924 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 9:00 am to
The biggest thing is probably the banking/financial impact of being designated a terrorist organization. Any exchange of money related to them can be considered financing terrorism now.
Posted by GeauxGriff
Member since Dec 2022
40 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 9:00 am to
It’s like pornography. I don’t know what the precise definition is, but I definitely know it when I see it.
Posted by LSUFreek
Greater New Orleans
Member since Jan 2007
15870 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 9:00 am to
If there are group chats and/or concerted organizational planning for riots, arson, assaults, assassination, I'm sure domestic terror charges could be brought.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
295894 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 9:01 am to
They'll just go underground then emerge as a different group.

Thats how it will "work."
Posted by RolltidePA
North Carolina
Member since Dec 2010
5084 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 9:01 am to
ANTIFA is decentralized, but it has organizers and funding. Classifying them as a terror organization allows investigation into both without running afoul of violating individual constitutional rights. They'll have electronic trail that shows their alignment with the organization and directives from organizers associated with their actions. It's all about smoking out the funding.

You don't think that large groups of these folks and pallet loads of bricks just accidentally show up on their own and in the same place, do you? Or are you going by the Joe Biden, "ANTIFA is just and idea" concept? Because that's not smart.
This post was edited on 9/18/25 at 9:03 am
Posted by Robin Masters
Birmingham
Member since Jul 2010
34894 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 9:01 am to
We’ll just use the same evidentiary requirements as they do when they label us as “fascists”.

How does that sound?
Posted by how333
Member since Dec 2020
3971 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 9:03 am to
During the last Presidential campaign, if you googled "antifa.com", it brought you to the DNC web site. We've come a long way.
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