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It's certainly not a solved problem when the "Head of Site Integrity" has a history of anti-Trump tweets and called the President a Nazi.

And that's just the head of the team. You can see the hard-left and pro-Antifa affiliations of the team outlined here: https://nickmonroe.blog/2019/11/28/dear-jack-twitter-is-poli...




pro-Antifa means Pro Anti-Fascist which means to organise some movement against fascism.

Would we really want people to be the inverse ? Meaning would we like them to be more fascist or accepting of fascism ?

What exactly happened that AntiFa has become a group that people don't support ? Maybe I missed something there.


This is assuming entities match their names. We only have to consider the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to see that is not the case.


By that logic Uranus was named after your anus. See simple. And "The Ministry of Truth" always said true things. And the "Vice and Virtue Ministry" was a noble institution.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_and_Virtue_Ministry

Why? because things and people are always named after what they are! See Biggus Dickus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx_G2a2hL6U


I think it depends on how you define "Fascist". Is it people that actually go around attacking people of colour? Or is it just a synonym for anyone not a Bernie-Bro?

I think people also have a problem with the violent methods employed by Antifa, such as beating up unarmed journalists.


"Antifa" is highly decentralized, with as many autonomous groups as you can count affiliating themselves with the movement. This sort of sentiment sounds a bit like when out-of-touch news anchor refer to "the hacker known as 4chan". Many pacifists identify with "antifa".

In general, provocative and non-defensive violence seems to be a strategy employed by a small minority of people involved in the anti-fascist movement. As is usually the case, the loudest voices are amplified, so the small amount of provocative violence is highlighted by the news media, as well as by the critics of the anti-fascist movement.


> What exactly happened that AntiFa has become a group that people don't support ?

The rise of right-wing, racist, nationalist, jingoist, corporatist strong-man authoritarianism.

I think there's a shorter term for that...


Antifa is best known for their violent intimidation of political dissidents.


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Anyone not believing in the Deutsche Demokratische Republik must be anti-democracy, thus fascist.


Pro-Life means Pro-Humans which means to organize some movement against death.

Would we really want people to be the inverse? Meaning would we like them to accept more of death?


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Quite the flame bait there, you're claiming that half the country is not intelligent or moral.


If those follow a standard bell curve, wouldn't it make sense for half the country to be below the average on those aspects?


Assumes a LOT of facts not in evidence.


I'm not sure that that is a reasonable point of view.




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