Originally posted by SurturIf the left supported a group of people who make it their life's work to make life hell for anyone who isn't white, from the native country and supported them, then I would speak out against that. And again, I'm not popular amongst hard-left people due to the fact that I am not willing to stand with causes that I find distasteful or regressive just to save face.
Why is it you only seem to take issue with it's done with the left, though? Also, I refer to "the right" as well when I am talking about conservatives usually.
All my point is, is that the label 'Antifa' is stupid because they are not a creed, they have no leader, they have no manifesto, so labelling them a terrorist group is pointless, and it encourages pro-fascist thought because people start thinking of anti-fascists as bad people just because a bunch of them are taking things too far and enacting violence.
Originally posted by SurturThe Nazis are the real wusses because they'd never do that. Nazis prefer it to be ten-on-one beatdowns, generally
Wait now, if Antifa just held a rally and was being peaceful and then nazis showed up to "protest" wearing masks and wielding weapons and violence eruopted I would definitely be calling out both sides if people only complained about Antifa.
Originally posted by Scribble
If the left supported a group of people who make it their life's work to make life hell for anyone who isn't white, from the native country and supported them, then I would speak out against that. And again, I'm not popular amongst hard-left people due to the fact that I am not willing to stand with causes that I find distasteful or regressive just to save face.All my point is, is that the label 'Antifa' is stupid because they are not a creed, they have no leader, they have no manifesto, so labelling them a terrorist group is pointless, and it encourages pro-fascist thought because people start thinking of anti-fascists as bad people just because a bunch of them are taking things too far and enacting violence.
But the right does not support nazis. Also the most stupid thing about the label "Antifa" is that it stands for anti fascist and they are the exact opposite of that.
Also, you can say the label is stupid, but our DHS sees fit to use it, they have apparently warranted enough attention to have warnings given out. Their activities have been labeled as terrorism.
So it boggles the mind you think it encourages pro fascist thought to label them, when they exhibit fascist tendencies under the guise of fighting it lol. That is pro fascism without coming out and saying "I'm pro fascism".