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I can't help but compare the naming of Antifa to the naming of such places as The Democratic People's Republic of China. The only part of that latter one that is correct is "China". It's is not "democratic". It is not for, of, or by the "people". And it sure as hell isn't a "republic". Well, neither is Antifa anti-fascists. Indeed, it is fascism in a new guise. And here we find them attempting to justify their use of violence. The simple fact is that they have discovered that they can't impose their version of Utopia on us knuckle-draggers through democratic means (at the ballot box), and President Trump's rising popularity demonstrates that whatever hopes they had are quickly fading. Thus, they are prepared to resort to violence. To be fair, it could be argued that is their right. After all, isn't that fundamentally the same argument used to justify the birth of the United States?
"When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."
Indeed, every people have the right to cast off what they deem to be oppressive government and replace it with the government they want. However, they must be prepared to expect some pushback. For example, only about one third of American Colonists were in favor of rebelling against England. Another third were opposed (and some of the fiercest battles of the American Revolution were fought between these two factions). The other third? They tried their damnedest to stay out of it.
So, to Antifa, what else can we say? "Bring it on..."
"When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."
Indeed, every people have the right to cast off what they deem to be oppressive government and replace it with the government they want. However, they must be prepared to expect some pushback. For example, only about one third of American Colonists were in favor of rebelling against England. Another third were opposed (and some of the fiercest battles of the American Revolution were fought between these two factions). The other third? They tried their damnedest to stay out of it.
So, to Antifa, what else can we say? "Bring it on..."
Antifa activists say violence is necessary
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Thank you, my friend CPT Jack Durish for posting the perspective of Katie Bo Williams from September 14, 2017. I certainly concur with her perspective even though it was over 2 years ago.
"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, 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.
“I don’t think anyone should think that someone who is intent on politically organizing for the sake of creating a state-sponsored genocide — I don’t think is something that we should protect,” he said.
Antifa activists justify their use of violence as self-defense against “the inherent danger of fascists organizing,” according to Mark Bray, a Dartmouth historian and author of a recent book on the movement.
“The argument is that it needs to be stopped immediately, because if you let it grow, that poses a danger to society,” Bray said.
Dubbed the “alt-left” by President Trump, antifa has increasingly been making their presence known after his victory in the 2016 election was openly embraced by white supremacists.
On Sunday, antifa protesters hurled glass bottles and bricks at police officers monitoring a far-right march in Portland, Ore.
And the University of California, Berkeley, is bracing for the possibility of more violent clashes on Thursday, when conservative political commentator and former Breitbart editor Ben Shapiro is scheduled to speak.
There is no central organizing committee governing antifa, and different affiliated groups have different priorities and governing principles, making it impossible to gauge the growth of the movement in the wake of the election.
But activists and law enforcement sources say anecdotally that their numbers have almost certainly swelled. Jim Pasco, executive director of the Fraternal Order of Police, the nation’s largest law enforcement union, told The Hill that he has “for sure” seen rising interest in the movement since Trump’s election, noting that six months ago he had never even heard of antifa.
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs Col Carl Whicker LTC (Join to see) Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. 'Bill' Price SMSgt Lawrence McCarter TSgt David L. TSgt Joe C. Maj Marty Hogan SGT Jim Arnold SGT Steve McFarland Maj Kim Patterson SPC Matthew Lamb SPC Woody Bullard SPC Margaret Higgins SPC Chris Bayner-Cwik Maj Robert Thornton
"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, 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.
“I don’t think anyone should think that someone who is intent on politically organizing for the sake of creating a state-sponsored genocide — I don’t think is something that we should protect,” he said.
Antifa activists justify their use of violence as self-defense against “the inherent danger of fascists organizing,” according to Mark Bray, a Dartmouth historian and author of a recent book on the movement.
“The argument is that it needs to be stopped immediately, because if you let it grow, that poses a danger to society,” Bray said.
Dubbed the “alt-left” by President Trump, antifa has increasingly been making their presence known after his victory in the 2016 election was openly embraced by white supremacists.
On Sunday, antifa protesters hurled glass bottles and bricks at police officers monitoring a far-right march in Portland, Ore.
And the University of California, Berkeley, is bracing for the possibility of more violent clashes on Thursday, when conservative political commentator and former Breitbart editor Ben Shapiro is scheduled to speak.
There is no central organizing committee governing antifa, and different affiliated groups have different priorities and governing principles, making it impossible to gauge the growth of the movement in the wake of the election.
But activists and law enforcement sources say anecdotally that their numbers have almost certainly swelled. Jim Pasco, executive director of the Fraternal Order of Police, the nation’s largest law enforcement union, told The Hill that he has “for sure” seen rising interest in the movement since Trump’s election, noting that six months ago he had never even heard of antifa.
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs Col Carl Whicker LTC (Join to see) Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. 'Bill' Price SMSgt Lawrence McCarter TSgt David L. TSgt Joe C. Maj Marty Hogan SGT Jim Arnold SGT Steve McFarland Maj Kim Patterson SPC Matthew Lamb SPC Woody Bullard SPC Margaret Higgins SPC Chris Bayner-Cwik Maj Robert Thornton
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