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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 05:54 PM Oct 2020

So, what is the deal with CNN just now? Piece about threatened violence at polls on election day

termed it "frightening and real" and then attributed the violence to BOTH right and left wing extremists!

Are they TRYING to suppress voting?

And, this "both sides do it " is transparent bullshit!

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So, what is the deal with CNN just now? Piece about threatened violence at polls on election day (Original Post) Atticus Oct 2020 OP
They all do it fear mongering ...I turned it off. Demsrule86 Oct 2020 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author Sogo Oct 2020 #2
Trump pulls the ring in their nose and pwb Oct 2020 #3
False equivalency liberal N proud Oct 2020 #4
It's contributing to the death of our democracy. Bothsidesism. . Walleye Oct 2020 #9
it's filler time.. stillcool Oct 2020 #5
When the game is over before halftime ... GeorgeGist Oct 2020 #6
Fuck CNN and their both-siderism TheRealNorth Oct 2020 #7
it's their specialty. why i cant watch them at.all. ihas2stinkyfeet Oct 2020 #10
America... Newest Reality Oct 2020 #8

Response to Atticus (Original post)

TheRealNorth

(9,478 posts)
7. Fuck CNN and their both-siderism
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 06:35 PM
Oct 2020

I must have missed the speech where Joe Biden asked antifa to go to Republican precincts to prevent "voter fraud"

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
8. America...
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 06:43 PM
Oct 2020

America has been Antifa since WWII, so that's just being used as an umbrella term for anybody they want to label with it. It's nebulous and the strategy, (by police and others) is to scapegoat a ghost.

Now, what could be called Profa is, of course, needing an enemy. The difference is that they have organized groups and leaders that can be actually pointed to and profess various violent and racist ideologies. They are not patriotic, no matter what they imagine or present.

There are many known Antifa leaders of the past. They can often be identified by the style of their uniforms:



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