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> the Antifas are asking for protection money from businesses within the zone That's one of the most hilarious and absurd things I've ever heard. All of my ant
by virgil_disgr4ce 6y ago
> the Antifas are asking for protection money from businesses within the zone
That's one of the most hilarious and absurd things I've ever heard. All of my antifa friends are the most wonderful, gentle nerds. They're gardeners, organizers, history buffs, parents, writers, table-top gamers. It's so bizarre (and shitty) that the public conception of "antifa" became twisted into this nonsensical cartoon of looters and pillagers (and mafiosi now, apparently).
- aloisdg 6y agoTrying to discredit antifa it is just fascists doing fascism. Antifa are here to keep the message that fascism is not a welcome ideology.
- jaracal 6y agoI don't know if they're shaking people for money, but I have seen plenty of videos of alleged antifas sucker-punching people that they think are fascists. There's videos of them throwing rocks at the police, too. There are stories of them setting fires during protests (before the current ones). There are also stories of violent street fights with neonazi groups. To me, it's just as hilarious and naive to think they are all pacifists.
- downerending 6y agoYou should watch some of the riot videos. In one, I saw an Antifa kick an unconscious man in the head. My mother, who lived through Nazi Germany, would have understood these people as brownshirts.
- twirlip 6y agoGoing Godwin? You are the first; something to mull over, I suppose. (I separate your "Nazi" from the "neonazi" used in an adjacent post). However, as Antifa is decidedly Anti-Fascist and without the paramilitary aspect of the brownshirts, perhaps they would be more closely identified with the Rotfrontkämpferbund.
- downerending 6y ago> Antifa is decidedly Anti-Fascist I have not noticed this. They seem like a hateful mob to me. Or worse. I'll be happy enough if the Feds just roll them up.
- jatone 6y agothen you really havent been paying attention. most of their activities are doxxing white supremacists. Seattle is a special snowflake because their PD is actively white supremacist and they regularly have out of town white supremacists harassing the local populace. I'm happy their doing their thing when government fails so hard at its job.
- madengr 6y agoI suppose the police chief is a white supremacist in black face, as a black female.