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SamuelTheThird

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12. It's not correct in the least

Fri Sep 19, 2025, 01:14 PM

Sep 19

The 'one word' is his attempt to discredit what people are doing today by associating it with the past, based on a few people using a flag. There's no connection, since there is no unified group or sponser behind antifa's actions

The ADL states that "[m]ost antifa come from the anarchist movement or from the far left, though since the 2016 presidential election, some people with more mainstream political backgrounds have also joined their ranks."

He's simply parroting right-wing takes on antifa. This is bullshit

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] WarGamer Sep 19 OP

Fascism Fact Sheet - US Army ZDU Sep 19 #1

irrelevant to my post. WarGamer Sep 19 #4

Thank you! ZDU Sep 19 #21

Well that's pretty interesting... jmbar2 Sep 19 #33

Wrong SamuelTheThird Sep 19 #2

S/He's not "wrong" AZJonnie Sep 19 #7

Read it again SamuelTheThird Sep 19 #8

Okay, that one word is probably incorrect AZJonnie Sep 19 #11

It's not correct in the least SamuelTheThird Sep 19 #12

I don't disagree with what you're asserting Antifa is today. AZJonnie Sep 19 #16

It's an effective fucking meme, comparing gis to antifa SamuelTheThird Sep 19 #17

No it isn't. Because the military is not "anti-fascist". LeftInTX Sep 19 #19

Youre disagreeing with OP SamuelTheThird Sep 19 #23

It actually goes both ways. Because they are not the same. LeftInTX Sep 19 #29

I do understand why you took it in totality the way you did. Perhaps WG will come along to clarify. AZJonnie Sep 19 #20

I took it in totality because HE said modern antifa is simply a front group for the communism SamuelTheThird Sep 19 #24

Yes, I already said I understood why you took it the way you did. The word "today" clouded the point. AZJonnie Sep 19 #25

I could have used the term neo-antifa I guess... WarGamer Sep 19 #40

I think you're engaging in sophistry SamuelTheThird Sep 19 #43

Fortunately I never claimed that. WarGamer Sep 19 #44

Spurious SamuelTheThird Sep 19 #45

Fun fact! dpibel Sep 19 #51

Hey on the plus side the OP managed to get through a comment about WW2 BannonsLiver Sep 19 #31

I never said that... got a link? WarGamer Sep 19 #41

Thanks for the history lesson. Always good to have the facts AZJonnie Sep 19 #3

Salem, Oregon Ani Yun Wiya Sep 19 #38

Ah, thank you AZJonnie Sep 19 #39

Speak for yourself WSHazel Sep 19 #5

You're completely missing the point. WarGamer Sep 19 #6

These people are (or were, until recently) out in the streets actually fighting real neo-nazis SamuelTheThird Sep 19 #9

GIs were absolutely anti-fascist in service DoBW Sep 19 #34

Neither should people who want Medicare For All leftstreet Sep 19 #10

Really, nobody in the USA uses the term Antifa in that sense. MineralMan Sep 19 #13

Your dad was under orders of the US military which was fighting Germany, which happened to be fascist. LeftInTX Sep 19 #15

More nomenclature. MineralMan Sep 19 #18

My dad got in during Korea. He was a B29 pilot. Then stayed in for 20 years. He was also sent to Vietnam LeftInTX Sep 19 #26

Thank you! GI's are not protesters! The US military is also not technically "anti-fascist". LeftInTX Sep 19 #14

Words can have more than one meaning LostOne4Ever Sep 19 #22

Calling Antifa an "organization" today is a stretch. yardwork Sep 19 #27

Don't Exist OC375 Sep 19 #28

It does exist. Portland has an active group. You can read more on their website: LeftInTX Sep 19 #32

... BannonsLiver Sep 19 #30

nice meme WarGamer Sep 19 #42

Wingnuts/MAGAts from their ignorance usually blur words/concepts, such as saying "We are a REPUBLIC, not a DEMOCRACY" & UTUSN Sep 19 #35

Oddly, if you ask any Republican if they support fascism they would say, "No". LeftInTX Sep 19 #37

Remind me again which side Stalin and the USSR ended up on in World War Two? muriel_volestrangler Sep 19 #36

Many of them also fought against Communists in the Korean War LeftInTX Sep 19 #46

Trump would love your OP. Kingofalldems Sep 19 #47

ok WarGamer Sep 19 #48

When are you headed over to Glendale for the big CK lovefest? BannonsLiver Sep 19 #49

What's in Glendale? Other than nice rug and flooring stores? WarGamer Sep 19 #50

Maybe Huntington Beach would be more of his vibe? fujiyamasan Sep 20 #56

Democrats are the party of slavery Buzz cook Sep 20 #52

WarGamer? You've no idea how wrong you are. ANTI-fascist equals ancianita Sep 20 #53

All that time and effort and still wrong. WarGamer Sep 20 #55

Yes. ancianita Sep 20 #57

And how can you say they were "never" a communist front group. WarGamer Sep 20 #59

Here is antifa's letter to trump, the first and last time antifa in the U.S. spoke up for itself. ancianita Sep 20 #54

Neo-Nazis aren't an organization either... it's a loose alliance of like minded people mirroring a historical group WarGamer Sep 20 #58

I'm going to self del... not because it's inaccurate... WarGamer Sep 20 #60