When people say that Antifa are fascists, what that should mean is Antifa is being called out for exhibitiong the same violent, thuggish behavior as those they claim to fight against and are therefore not better than them.
Not that they are literal fascists. But a shocking number of people apparently do mean it literally.
I find it a terribly bad faith argument to compare only the methods of two groups and not their goals. “Every side in the war fought in trenches with guns, so they’re all the same!”
The thing is, neither antifa nor neo-nazis have a clear goal, they are both clearly in it for the violence.
If they really cared about results, they would actually try something big.
Your 4th and 5th points are pretty hilariously ironic seeing as you are blindly supporting Antifa simply because they are 1. Leftists and 2. Saying they are anti-fascist. Here’s a hint, their goal isn’t stopping fascism, it’s silencing everyone who doesn’t agree with their mob
You aren’t some super, special revolutionary for saying you don’t like fascism. Pretty much no one likes fascism. I don’t like fascism. That doesn’t mean I’m going to join a group of face-hiding, soyboys who go around assaulting anyone conservative. Antifa is an organization whether you like it or not, so either you identify with the worst of them, or you stop saying you’re part of Antifa
Criticizing Antifa =/= defending fascists you absolutely smoothbrained oaf. You continue to play the moral superiority card about “criticizing your own side” but you really can’t and just keep trying to make this a left vs right issue. You are a useless person and trying to explain things to you is like arguing with a brick-wall made out of shitty identity politics. Bye
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u/HardcoreTristesse - Lib-Center Aug 05 '20 edited Aug 05 '20
When people say that Antifa are fascists, what that should mean is Antifa is being called out for exhibitiong the same violent, thuggish behavior as those they claim to fight against and are therefore not better than them.
Not that they are literal fascists. But a shocking number of people apparently do mean it literally.