What Antifa is, what it isn't, and why that matters.
As my dear readers know, I often like bringing news from viewpoints not in the mainstream.
I don't do normal, very well.
Anyway, if your knowledge of the subject comes from the press, or worse, the flashylight box, then you will do well to catch up with the rest of the class, imo.
WHAT ANTIFA IS, WHAT IT ISN’T, AND WHY IT MATTERS
MICHAEL KENNEY AND COLIN CLARKE
JUNE 23, 2020
As senior citizen Martin Gugino was lying in his hospital bed, suffering from a subdural hematoma, President Donald Trump took to Twitter to suggest that Gugino “could be an ANTIFA provocateur.”
One day earlier, two Buffalo, New York, police officers shoved Gugino, leaving him bleeding from his ear.
What led the president to believe that Gugino — a 75-year-old and lifelong peace activist — was a member of Antifa, a highly decentralized movement of anti-racists who seek to combat neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and far-right extremists whom Antifa’s followers consider “fascist”?
A week and a half before the incident involving Gugino, in the midst of the protests convulsing the country after the murder of George Floyd, Trump announced on Twitter that “The United States of America will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization.”
Meanwhile, U.S. Attorney General William Barr claimed that so-called far-left extremists groups were to blame for the violence at the demonstrations, accusing Antifa of “domestic terrorism” while presenting no evidence.
A recent review of those individuals arrested on federal charges shows no links to Antifa.
While this finding may change as investigations progress, the lack of an Antifa “terrorism” connection comes as little surprise to terrorism analysts who have been tracking domestic terrorism threats, including neo-Nazi groups such as the Atomwaffen Division and the Rise Above Movement.
So, why are the Trump administration and the attorney general so obsessed with Antifa?
The Antifa label has become a political cudgel wielded by politicians who are more intent on demonizing political opponents and framing terrorism as a partisan issue than on countering the most dangerous groups operating on U.S. soil.
After all, Atomwaffen has murdered several American citizens and had its members arrested with bomb-making materials, while Antifa has smashed store windows and engaged in street brawls.
To understand why Antifa has become a popular bogeyman for some public officials, it is critical to understand what the group is, what it isn’t, and why it matters.
What Antifa is-is racist white kids pretending to be fighting against bigotry and oppression by being bigoted oppressors. When minorities such as myself speak up, they try to shout me down or intimidate me. 10 on 1 is how they fight...and they still lose.
They resort to targeting elderly men who are alone to validate themselves. They carry guns and other weapons to look tough, but run for their lives if anyone else has it. In the rare event that they do use a weapon, they attack from behind or they mob attack an elderly or disabled person. They try to pick out children. They are 95% white with a few sprinkles of token “friends.”
If you don’t like what I’ve said, supéralo. You’ll be allwhite.
Yep, the theory and practice can differ.
I'm just glad change is in the air, maybe it will go freedom's way.
If not, well, I should've thrown more rocks in the street, I guess.
With weed being legal I wasn't fighting too hard to get more freedom.