Antifa is fascism personified with an ideology grounded in Marxism and they constantly use fascist tactics to achieve their goals. They will (and have) used violence to shut down, intimidate, harass, and bloody their political opponents. Antifa has used such tactics at Berkely, Portland, Oakland, and Seattle to name a few. They have destroyed storefronts, slashed tires, burned parked cars, smashed windows, shut down public transit, and attacked police officers and civilizations. The Department of Homeland Security has already labeled Antifa's actions as domestic terrorism.
And meanwhile, the Left praises Antifa. From Esquire to Slate (who ran an approving article about a humorous piano ballad that glorified the assault) to the Nation.
Stop excusing evil and violence. Regardless of what side of the political aisle they may be on. White Supremacists, Neo Nazis, and the KKK are vile immoral repugnant monsters. The same goes for Antifa, BLM, and any other group that seeks to use violence and intimidation to shut down anyone who disagrees with them.
It's easy to be against both these groups.
Originally posted by Surtur
Why does the convo have to be steered away? Condemn them and move on, then they can talk about the nazi stuff.You wait to condemn them and they pull more bullshit. If Antifa kills someone, do we blame the Dems and Repubs for emboldening them by not denouncing them? That would happen, correct? But we both know it wouldn't.
People were doing it IN the damn thread about what happened. It wasn't just wildly off-topic, it came across as really disingenuous.
I'm amazed that thread is still open, tbh.
Utter creeps:
Antifa thugs won’t just let Heather Heyer rest in peace
"The Hill reporter Taylor Lorenz tweeted out Wednesday a photo of people outside the theater where the memorial service was held. The protesters were holding purple shields and baseball bats. The Antifa protesters said they came out because the “police won’t protect the people.”
Oh so they need to pick up the slack for the cops now? Nah, these shitheads aren't emboldened.
Originally posted by ArtificialGlory
I guess he just doesn't want to believe that some of the more hardline Antifa are *gasp* communists or at least fellow travelers.
Lol and it is still being ignored. That Redneck Revolt group was one of the groups involved in the violence, destruction, and disruption of a recent pro trump rally in Seattle.
Oh and protests over Google have had to be postponed because of threats of violence from leftist groups.
But hey nazis exist so we can't discuss it.
Before this student told his story do you think he could have been a tad bit more sensitive and realized white supremacy is a thing? As they say in the song "Rapping Rodney": "no respect, no respect".
Black GOP student: Antifa ‘thugs’ choked, grabbed, pushed me out of vigil for Charlottesville victim
Originally posted by Steve Zodiac
You mean scared of the Neo nazi's so people had to defend themselves?
This is a protest against google, it is not neo nazis.
EDIT: Okay, you meant the other thing, wait..really? It was a separate event lol. Nobody said the cops stand down literally all over the country no matter what all the time. Every time the cops do their jobs is that going to be held onto as a way to ignore the times they didn't?
Originally posted by Surtur
The leftists that get violent, like Antifa, are considered terrorists by you as well right?Before you respond: nope, whether or not murder is committed does not define terrorism.
So basically terrorist group N is guilty of murder, and terrorist group A is guilty of starting a fight that led to someone getting murdered.
Originally posted by darthgoober
Unless I'm mistaken Antifa has already been officially classified as a terrorist group. Which means in this particular case one terrorist group A attacked terrorist group N and terrorist group N ended up killing someone who arrived with terrorist group A.So basically terrorist group N is guilty of murder, and terrorist group A is guilty of starting a fight that led to someone getting murdered.
Wrong.
Anti-Fa was present at the Unite the Right rally in Emancipation Park. This counter-demonstration was held by peaceful protesters at a wholly different location downtown.
The woman who was murdered was not engaged in any violent activities, she was merely crossing the street. Some of the 19 others who were injured were not even present for the counter-demonstration, but were pedestrians who were leaving a nearby park.
So a Nazi terrorist left a White Nationalist rally, looking for a group to target for violence. He did not choose to use any of the firearms found in his vehicle to shoot members of Anti-Fa at the Unite the Right rally. Rather, he cruised around in his car until he found a soft target of peaceful protesters and bystanders.
This is not extremist-on-extremist violence. This is an extremist coward targeting peaceful people for violence. And it is pathetic to even mention other outside agitators as if that makes terrorism okay.