I want to say something that will probably piss off some mutuals. Please bear with me to the end. I want to explain what "Antifa" really means but I want to start with how I misunderstood the phrase when I encountered the idea. I think its useful for clearing up misinformation 1/
2/ I was doing my thing on Venezuela a few years ago when some guys with Antifa imagery in their bios started contacting me, calling me an Imperialist and CIA and yada yada yada. I get it alot. I looked into their bios and found their activities consisted mostly of..
3/ Dressing up in silly costumes in Portland and play-fighting people for television cameras. Which, is patently stupid. I am also extremely allergic to the idea of silencing people's voices with violence. So I just classified them as oppressive little brats and moved on (cont'd)
4/ Over time, as I continued working on projects that opposed both VZ and US aggression, activists from communities that had been grieved by oppressive authoritarian measures started reaching out to me. A lot of them identified as "Antifa". This gave me pause...
5/ But as I engaged with them, I found something surpising: it was impossible to categorize their beliefs beyond resisting Tyranny. Some were protesters in HK. Some were Open-source investigators. Some were community organizers for small community groups. Some were....
6/ 2nd amendments activists. some despised guns. Some were communists. Others hated communism. None of them were connected in any way beyond some basic communication that you might have with anyone on the internet. It was an extremely diverse group of people with a broadly...
7/ divergent philosophy. "Antifia" isn't a group. It isn't an organization. It doesn't have "members", or finances, offices, chapters etc. It doesn't exist as a group
It is an Ideology. It is anyone who opposes fascism. By definition "ANTIFAscist"
Lumping "Antifa"...
It is an Ideology. It is anyone who opposes fascism. By definition "ANTIFAscist"
Lumping "Antifa"...
8/ Into some catch-all organization is inherently hilarious. It's also grossly misunderstanding what the term means, as well as the people who choose it.
Like any diverse group of people, some of these people are fucking assholes. Others are the gentlest most amazing people...
Like any diverse group of people, some of these people are fucking assholes. Others are the gentlest most amazing people...
9/ you could ever hope to meet. One could say the same about any group of people with a broad ideology
Saying it is criminal to be anti-fascist, is by definition a fascists idea. And that is what Trump is doing. Don't fall for it
Saying it is criminal to be anti-fascist, is by definition a fascists idea. And that is what Trump is doing. Don't fall for it
10/ The most interesting thing about 99% of the people who read this post however
is that YOU are Antifa
is that YOU are Antifa
Addendum: unfortunately, some ML's and tankies claim this flag too. As I said, its a broad tent. And these people are.....well its unfortunate let's just say
