• billwashere@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    So being anti-fascist is being a terrorist? I sure am glad most of the WW2 vets aren’t here to witness that everything they fought for would make them a terrorist.

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    Authoritarianism is an admission of abject weakness.

    White supremacists are the weakest and most brittle snowflakes.

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      They really are weak and pathetic. They only feel safe when they surround themselves with people identical to them. They would never go to a foreign country or try ethnic food or visit a museum. All of that is too scary. MAGA are nothing but weak, chickenshit snowflakes.

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    I am Antifa. Antifa means Anti Fascist … so yea, if MAGAs “hated enemy” is an antifascist movement then they have basically just classified themselves.

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      I really hate how media gladly reused this label.

      Antifa, pronounced ant-tea-fuh, allowed it to be disconnected from the actual words it was shortened from, and then used as a boogieman.

      We all know there is no central antifa command center, headquarters, or organization. We are “antifa” because we are anti fascism.

      As you say, you can label yourself, but you can also label yourself by your enemies.

      The anti-fascists are Trump’s enemies, therefore…

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      It is not just MAGA literally the whole world is fascist. This is why Antifacists are so hated amongst leaders of the world.

      Did you forgot about the World Trade protests? Antifacists are at odds with the entire business world AKA big money. The leaders of the world cannot let this movement catch on.

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      While this is just the next phase of fascism we all expected, and as incompetent as the FBI has become, no one should doubt that this is a dangerous escalation. I haven’t been able to fly for almost 20yrs because of “alleged” ties to ALF/ELF during the terror panic that birthed Homeland Security post-9/11. That was when the modern surveillance state was just getting rolling.

      “There is no greater misfortune than underestimating your opponent.” -Lao Tzu

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    Yeah, nevermind the actual terrorists that do things like…checks notes…storm the Capitol, beat up police and were seeking to hang members of Congress and the Vice President in an effort to overturn a free and fair election.

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      Hey, he got the Georgia ballots, so I’m fairly sure the next step is to “find” 11,780 that were never counted and declare himself the true winner of 2020.

      Ergo he would’ve been elected for a third-consecutive term in 2024, so he should be ineligible and everything he’s done since null-and-void? I guess? I dunno where they are going with this except to write the history books in their favor.

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    It is WAY past time for the US “left,” such as it is, to earn the labels it’s receiving.

    The “if you want to cry, I’ll give you something to cry about” angle is what’s needed.

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      What’s so disturbing to me is that all the conspiracy theory nutballs I’ve known, the ones who…

      • are hardcore preppers who said the economy was due to collapse into a post-apocalyptic dystopia anytime a Dem is in the white house

      • kept talking about the FEMA death camps at former railway hubs with barbed wire fences pointing inwards

      • think black helicopters are running urban pacification drills in cities

      • keep being up giant fields being leased by the govt to store nothing but thousands of plastic coffins

      • never shut up about “jackboot” “police states” during the entirety of Obama and Biden terms

      They were all either hardcore right-wingers or simple “never trust the govt” types who suddenly started wearing maga hats

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        They are not necessarily against those things in principle, even within their own country. They just don’t want to be the targets of it. Probably some, whether they are being honest with themselves for the reason or not, are wrapping themselves in MAGA for safety, then convincing themselves it’s the Good Side by accepting the propaganda.

        Which is neither to excuse any other group for accepting propaganda nor to assert Both Sides in any way.

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    If you haven’t already, I would start talking to your neighbors and organizing.

    We already know the camps exist, and if you’ve seen some of the images that have been leaked you’ll know the conditions are inhumane and cruel. These new labels can be applied to anyone, for any reason. And make no mistake, you don’t even have to be in left-wing spaces to be accused and disappeared. So it’s not just you in danger, it’s everybody around you. It’s your co-workers, your family, your friends. All it takes is a wrong place, wrong time.

    Organize now, before you don’t have that option anymore.

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      Recently had a WWII vet visit my parish. Dude was over 100 years old and was in town for a Pearl Harbor commemoration. He told me that he was among the first group of Allied soldiers to fly over Europe after the surrender and he described seeing people trying to make a life among the rubble of their towns and cities. He then compared this to what he was seeing in Gaza and started to lament the US’ support of Israel and how he saw clear connections to what is going on there and what he witnessed in Europe. You’re absolutely right, there are now too few living who remember…

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    The political shootings were done by Republicans. So, clearly people against fascism are labeled terrorists. That’s pure logic.