She's right. Antifa is not an organization, it's an ideology — literally, the ideology of fighting the far right.
It doesn't make sense to talk about antifa as if it's a specific political party or activist group, because it isn't — it's just a thing that people believe.
It doesn't make sense to talk about antifa as if it's a specific political party or activist group, because it isn't — it's just a thing that people believe.
https://twitter.com/justicetristan/status/1371513866870476810
The phrase "antifa organized a protest" makes about as much sense as saying "pro-life organized a protest."
Sure, individuals and groups who oppose abortion could organize a protest. But pro-life itself can't organize anything. It's just an idea — it doesn't have agency.
Sure, individuals and groups who oppose abortion could organize a protest. But pro-life itself can't organize anything. It's just an idea — it doesn't have agency.
Republicans certainly seemed to get this whenever Tea Party activists attacked members of Congress or made terroristic threats. Oh, the Tea Party is just a grassroots belief in small government, we aren't responsible if a few crazies with Gadsden flags behave like criminals.
(The irony being that the Tea Party was hardly a grassroots movement and had tons of backing and messaging support from right-wing corporate PACs, but the logic still holds since the Tea Party wasn't really one thing, just a bunch of little groups with similar messages.)
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