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It is more like an anglosphere thing I would say. In my experience so far it seems that at least some Europeans have pushed the American meaning of "antifa" int

It is more like an anglosphere thing I would say. In my experience so far it seems that at least some Europeans have pushed the American meaning of "antifa" into the term "anarchist". Regardless, the www does not discriminate based on where you live[note]. You get both Europeans and US residents seeing the same content, so I expect that to change soon (if it hasn't already - similar to the term "liberal" shifting from economic liberalism/capitalism to mean left wing). [note] excluding things like "this video is not available for your country"

rtz12 6y ago
> some Europeans have pushed the American meaning of "antifa" into the term "anarchist". Let me cite the German Wikipedia: > Antifa (Akronym für Antifaschistische Aktion) ist der Oberbegriff für verschiedene, im Regelfall eher locker strukturierte, kurzfristige autonome Strömungen der linken bis linksextremen Szene. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifa https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifa Here, Wikipedia describes Antifa as an umbrella Term for "autonomous groups" in the far-left extremist scene. "autonomous groups" being: > Als Autonome (altgriechisch: αὐτονομία, autonomía, „Unabhängigkeit, Selbstständigkeit“) oder autonome Gruppen werden heute Mitglieder bestimmter linksradikaler[1] unorthodox-marxistischer beziehungsweise anarchistischer Bewegungen bezeichnet. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonome https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonome Describing them as members of "unorthodox marxist/anarchist" movements. For all I can remember, this was the definition of "Antifa" here in Germany. Despite constant whitewashing and overton-window shifting attempts.
enriquto 6y ago
> Regardless, the www does not discriminate based on where you live[note]. google searches are strongly ip-geolocalized > You get both Europeans and US residents seeing the same content I disagree. Most europeans do not read english content at all.

rtz12 6y ago

> some Europeans have pushed the American meaning of "antifa" into the term "anarchist". Let me cite the German Wikipedia: > Antifa (Akronym für Antifaschistische Aktion) ist der Oberbegriff für verschiedene, im Regelfall eher locker strukturierte, kurzfristige autonome Strömungen der linken bis linksextremen Szene. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifa https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifa Here, Wikipedia describes Antifa as an umbrella Term for "autonomous groups" in the far-left extremist scene. "autonomous groups" being: > Als Autonome (altgriechisch: αὐτονομία, autonomía, „Unabhängigkeit, Selbstständigkeit“) oder autonome Gruppen werden heute Mitglieder bestimmter linksradikaler[1] unorthodox-marxistischer beziehungsweise anarchistischer Bewegungen bezeichnet. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonome https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonome Describing them as members of "unorthodox marxist/anarchist" movements. For all I can remember, this was the definition of "Antifa" here in Germany. Despite constant whitewashing and overton-window shifting attempts.

enriquto 6y ago

> Regardless, the www does not discriminate based on where you live[note]. google searches are strongly ip-geolocalized > You get both Europeans and US residents seeing the same content I disagree. Most europeans do not read english content at all.