Antifa. Anti-fascist? WTF?
The vast majority of Americans don't deserve the "k."
I like you.
It is not my intention to annoy you.
But you are going to have to live with the German word.
In no way an attack against you:
Why is it so important?
Why can't you move on?
This has nothing to do with you.
It isn't personal.
I have been using this literally for decades.
It is part of hoo I am.
Why do you want to control me?
<tearing up>
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Correct me if I am wrong, please.
Quite the contrary, I believe. Antifa is a European communist guerrilla organization that goes all the way back to WWII. Its infiltration into the US is extremely recent.
Appreciated.
But.
No links to verify what you said?
Dude.
I'll Google: "Origins of Antifa". <shrug>
In the late ’80s, left-wing punk fans in the United States began following suit, though they initially called their groups Anti-Racist Action, on the theory that Americans would be more familiar with fighting racism than fascism. According to Mark Bray, the author of the forthcoming Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook, these activists toured with popular alternative bands in the ’90s, trying to ensure that neo-Nazis did not recruit their fans. In 2002, they disrupted a speech by the head of the World Church of the Creator, a white-supremacist group in Pennsylvania; 25 people were arrested in the resulting brawl.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/ar ... ft/534192/
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Sometimes the people they are opposed to are fascists but the majority of them are just right wing/centrist. They even attacked a Bernie Sanders supporter because he had an American flag which they considered fascism.
We don't have Antifa here in Australia since it is, I believe, a uniquely American organisation.
Correct me if I am wrong, please.
But we have people like those in Antifa who do exactly what you have said.
People who have this mindset are demonstrably anti-freedom of speech and thought of even moderates simply because they believe in a differing set of principles.
I think it safe to say that most, if not all members of Antifa embrace self-righteousness, virtue signalling and are addicted to their biological chemicals which create emotional gluttony.
http://www.davidbrin.com/nonfiction/addiction.html
Disclosure:
There isn't a great deal of study in this area at this point in time.
We have them in the UK but they are not as violent as they are in the states.
"as*hole racist".
That is pure speculation.
And it is wrong.
Since when have you become a mind-reader?
So you are associating the "K" with the "KKK"?
If so, that is your misinterpretation.
The German word for Ameri*a is spelt with a "K".
And it was created well before the creation of the KKK.
How do you reconcile that?
If I am misinterpreting where you are coming from, let me know.
You can't expect me to change my life for other people superimposing their misunderstandings.
This is really bizarre.
This has gone beyond a joke, and while I am not completely pissed off, I am finding your behaviour tedious.
Read my lips:
You are destroying what I considered a casual friendship with you.
In the past, I have always tried to be supportive of you.
You are putting me in a position where I need to re-assess how I view you.
No one is going to stifle my freedom of expression if I am working within the rules.
I will not be intimidated by something that is imagined by you.
Bizzare.
Sometimes the people they are opposed to are fascists but the majority of them are just right wing/centrist. They even attacked a Bernie Sanders supporter because he had an American flag which they considered fascism.
We don't have Antifa here in Australia since it is, I believe, a uniquely American organisation.
Correct me if I am wrong, please.
But we have people like those in Antifa who do exactly what you have said.
People who have this mindset are demonstrably anti-freedom of speech and thought of even moderates simply because they believe in a differing set of principles.
I think it safe to say that most, if not all members of Antifa embrace self-righteousness, virtue signalling and are addicted to their biological chemicals which create emotional gluttony.
http://www.davidbrin.com/nonfiction/addiction.html
Disclosure:
There isn't a great deal of study in this area at this point in time.
We have them in the UK but they are not as violent as they are in the states.
Yes, America is a different "kettle of fish" and needs to be viewed in a different light.
I am in the process if coming to grips with understanding the variant cultures.
And may I point out, it isn't a question of one right answer universally.
<investigation mode maintained>
Yes, f**k fascism.
Any autistic person who supports fascism supports discrimination against themselves.
I think I have made my position clear?
We are fortunate here in Australia, and apparently in the UK also.
We don't have the extreme social violence that is evident in America.
And in no way am I going to support a misguided policy of violence for violence here in Australia.
A pox on both groups of fanatics on either side of the great divide.
Erm.
Have a nice day.
I say f**k Fascism, too.
I'm not trying to take away your freedom of expression, Mr. Pepe. I'm not that presumptuous. It's not the way I roll.
I just don't like "America"---that's all. I'm allowed to "express" that. That's "freedom of expression." If my best friend said that, I'd still be vociferous about my dislike of it. And I wouldn't care what he/she thought about it.
Maybe I should reflect upon what you said...maybe I was wrong to be so vociferous.
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I think the thing that bothered me most about them is that they were marching in early 2017 well in advance of any major white nationalist events and spent most of their time attacking people in places like Berkeley who were attending center-right events. It would be one thing if all of this started coming up as a reaction to Charlottesville but it seems like something closer to the opposite was happening.
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Charlottesville wasn't the first time alt-right thugs instigated violence and needed confronted, it's just an especially large example. I'm not sure whether or not 'major' is even relevant, because they were still responding to violence from the far-right even when those events were smaller - why would it be relevant that they the started confronting them when their meetings/events/public actions were of a smaller scale?
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Yes, f**k fascism.
Any autistic person who supports fascism supports discrimination against themselves.
I think I have made my position clear?
We are fortunate here in Australia, and apparently in the UK also.
We don't have the extreme social violence that is evident in America.
And in no way am I going to support a misguided policy of violence for violence here in Australia.
A pox on both groups of fanatics on either side of the great divide.
Erm.
Have a nice day.
Be grateful violent far-right activists aren't a problem in Australia, if they were you'd be more likely to appreciate the solution.
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