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SamuelTheThird

(964 posts)
12. It's not correct in the least
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 01:14 PM
Sep 2025

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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Fascism Fact Sheet - US Army ZDU Sep 2025 #1
irrelevant to my post. WarGamer Sep 2025 #4
Thank you! ZDU Sep 2025 #21
Well that's pretty interesting... jmbar2 Sep 2025 #33
Wrong SamuelTheThird Sep 2025 #2
S/He's not "wrong" AZJonnie Sep 2025 #7
Read it again SamuelTheThird Sep 2025 #8
Okay, that one word is probably incorrect AZJonnie Sep 2025 #11
It's not correct in the least SamuelTheThird Sep 2025 #12
I don't disagree with what you're asserting Antifa is today. AZJonnie Sep 2025 #16
It's an effective fucking meme, comparing gis to antifa SamuelTheThird Sep 2025 #17
No it isn't. Because the military is not "anti-fascist". LeftInTX Sep 2025 #19
Youre disagreeing with OP SamuelTheThird Sep 2025 #23
It actually goes both ways. Because they are not the same. LeftInTX Sep 2025 #29
I do understand why you took it in totality the way you did. Perhaps WG will come along to clarify. AZJonnie Sep 2025 #20
I took it in totality because HE said modern antifa is simply a front group for the communism SamuelTheThird Sep 2025 #24
Yes, I already said I understood why you took it the way you did. The word "today" clouded the point. AZJonnie Sep 2025 #25
I could have used the term neo-antifa I guess... WarGamer Sep 2025 #40
I think you're engaging in sophistry SamuelTheThird Sep 2025 #43
Fortunately I never claimed that. WarGamer Sep 2025 #44
Spurious SamuelTheThird Sep 2025 #45
Fun fact! dpibel Sep 2025 #51
Hey on the plus side the OP managed to get through a comment about WW2 BannonsLiver Sep 2025 #31
I never said that... got a link? WarGamer Sep 2025 #41
Thanks for the history lesson. Always good to have the facts AZJonnie Sep 2025 #3
Salem, Oregon Ani Yun Wiya Sep 2025 #38
Ah, thank you AZJonnie Sep 2025 #39
Speak for yourself WSHazel Sep 2025 #5
You're completely missing the point. WarGamer Sep 2025 #6
These people are (or were, until recently) out in the streets actually fighting real neo-nazis SamuelTheThird Sep 2025 #9
GIs were absolutely anti-fascist in service DoBW Sep 2025 #34
Neither should people who want Medicare For All leftstreet Sep 2025 #10
Really, nobody in the USA uses the term Antifa in that sense. MineralMan Sep 2025 #13
Your dad was under orders of the US military which was fighting Germany, which happened to be fascist. LeftInTX Sep 2025 #15
More nomenclature. MineralMan Sep 2025 #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 2025 #26
Thank you! GI's are not protesters! The US military is also not technically "anti-fascist". LeftInTX Sep 2025 #14
Words can have more than one meaning LostOne4Ever Sep 2025 #22
Calling Antifa an "organization" today is a stretch. yardwork Sep 2025 #27
Don't Exist OC375 Sep 2025 #28
It does exist. Portland has an active group. You can read more on their website: LeftInTX Sep 2025 #32
... BannonsLiver Sep 2025 #30
nice meme WarGamer Sep 2025 #42
Wingnuts/MAGAts from their ignorance usually blur words/concepts, such as saying "We are a REPUBLIC, not a DEMOCRACY" & UTUSN Sep 2025 #35
Oddly, if you ask any Republican if they support fascism they would say, "No". LeftInTX Sep 2025 #37
Remind me again which side Stalin and the USSR ended up on in World War Two? muriel_volestrangler Sep 2025 #36
Many of them also fought against Communists in the Korean War LeftInTX Sep 2025 #46
Trump would love your OP. Kingofalldems Sep 2025 #47
ok WarGamer Sep 2025 #48
When are you headed over to Glendale for the big CK lovefest? BannonsLiver Sep 2025 #49
What's in Glendale? Other than nice rug and flooring stores? WarGamer Sep 2025 #50
Maybe Huntington Beach would be more of his vibe? fujiyamasan Sep 2025 #56
Democrats are the party of slavery Buzz cook Sep 2025 #52
WarGamer? You've no idea how wrong you are. ANTI-fascist equals ancianita Sep 2025 #53
All that time and effort and still wrong. WarGamer Sep 2025 #55
Yes. ancianita Sep 2025 #57
And how can you say they were "never" a communist front group. WarGamer Sep 2025 #59
Here is antifa's letter to trump, the first and last time antifa in the U.S. spoke up for itself. ancianita Sep 2025 #54
Neo-Nazis aren't an organization either... it's a loose alliance of like minded people mirroring a historical group WarGamer Sep 2025 #58
I'm going to self del... not because it's inaccurate... WarGamer Sep 2025 #60
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