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Current Events => Terrorism In the US and Around the World => Topic started by: BlueStateSaint on September 14, 2017, 11:19:04 AM

Title: Antifa activists say violence is necessary
Post by: BlueStateSaint on September 14, 2017, 11:19:04 AM
Interesting little tidbit, via Drudge, from The Hill.  We knew that they endorsed violence, but to have them on the record, for most of the Swamp to see, is a tad surprising.

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Antifa activists say violence is necessary

By Katie Bo Williams - 09/14/17 06:30 AM EDT

Anti-fascist activists, or “antifa,” increasingly mobilized in the wake of President Trump’s election, are unapologetic about what they describe as the necessary use of violence to combat authoritarianism.

While both experts on the movement and activists within it emphasize that not everyone who participates in anti-fascist activism engages in violence, they say the use of force is intrinsic to their political philosophy.

“The justification [of the use of violence] is that Nazi ideology at its very core is founded on violence and on wielding power by any means,” said Mike Isaacson, who is one of the founders of Smash Racism D.C., an antifa organization in Washington.

Isaacson is unequivocal in his defense of violence as a legitimate tool to combat the creeping threat of what he deems authoritarianism.

“There is the question of whether these people should feel safe organizing as Nazis in public, and I don’t think they should,” said Isaacson.
 

And, just who are so-called Nazis, to Antifa?

Anyone they don't like.  Plus, all Republicans.

The rest of this is here:  http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/350524-antifa-activists-say-violence-is-necessary

Keep your powder dry. :whistling:
Title: Re: Antifa activists say violence is necessary
Post by: thundley4 on September 14, 2017, 01:29:06 PM
They have declared themselves to be terrorists and no different from ISIS.
Title: Re: Antifa activists say violence is necessary
Post by: BlueStateSaint on September 14, 2017, 02:16:51 PM
You're right, thundley.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/09/09/what-learned-from-antifa-handbook-for-starters-won-t-believe-who-is-defined-as-fascist.html
Title: Re: Antifa activists say violence is necessary
Post by: DLR Pyro on September 14, 2017, 03:11:10 PM
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Anti-fascist activists, or “antifa,” increasingly mobilized in the wake of President Trump’s election, are unapologetic about what they describe as the necessary use of violence to combat authoritarianism.

So the other night on the telethon to raise money for hurricane victims when Queen B said the following...
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"During a time where it's impossible to watch the news without seeing violence or racism in this country,
http://www.refinery29.com/2017/09/171990/beyonce-racism-climate-change-video (http://www.refinery29.com/2017/09/171990/beyonce-racism-climate-change-video)
she must have been referring to antifa.
Title: Re: Antifa activists say violence is necessary
Post by: Ptarmigan on September 14, 2017, 06:32:26 PM
They have declared themselves to be terrorists and no different from ISIS.

Indeed.
Title: Re: Antifa activists say violence is necessary
Post by: USA4ME on September 14, 2017, 08:26:24 PM
There needs to be a website dedicated to IDing these individuals so they can't hide behind their masks. They keep this up and at some point a bunch of people are going to open fire and slaughter them, and if I'm on the jury the verdict is Not Guilty.

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Title: Re: Antifa activists say violence is necessary
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on September 14, 2017, 11:03:07 PM
Authoritarian behavior is just as much at home on the left or right of the spectrum, in today's USA the Left pretty much has the market cornered.
Title: Re: Antifa activists say violence is necessary
Post by: Movie buff- The Sequel on September 15, 2017, 06:50:51 AM
President Trump needs to have Antifa officially declared a terrorist organization. To shoot down claims of racism/ authoritarianism/silencing dissent/ Whatever other lame excuse they'll use, point out that they first started being viewed as terrorists during the Obama administration.
Title: Re: Antifa activists say violence is necessary
Post by: Old n Grumpy on September 15, 2017, 10:02:17 AM
There needs to be a website dedicated to IDing these individuals so they can't hide behind their masks. They keep this up and at some point a bunch of people are going to open fire and slaughter them, and if I'm on the jury the verdict is Not Guilty.

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That is an excellent idea, if they know they will be outed and ostrisized or put in danger of retribution they won't be so willing to go out and spew hate, violence and destruction. They need to learn breaking the law has consequences.
Title: Re: Antifa activists say violence is necessary
Post by: Wineslob on September 15, 2017, 01:54:12 PM
Is it me, or do they seem to be a bunch of skinny white kids?

If so, I'm really shaking in my boots........ :sarcasm: