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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Lapsody   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Antifa at it again in Seattle
Date: 05/17/24 1:16 AM
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So no. Unless you want us to call you fascist.

Well, wouldn't the proper response be

So no. Unless you want us to call you "Fa"


No. Antifa serves as a RW punching bag and everything gets tossed into it. There are definitely antifa groups. But not every lefty group is antifa. From what I can glean the numbers are small and there's no big recruiting effort. They do exist. 95-98% of what they do is non-violent, but they will go toe-to-toe with Nazi like groups such as Oath Keepers, Proud boys, and regular Neo-Nazis, but that isn't a preoccupation. Because it's good to gin up the base, antifa becomes an over arching word for every group MAGA doesn't like that isn't Muslim. I haven't seen them toss Muslims in there yet.

So it gets overused and misapplied like fascism does. And no, no eal - don't create a bogeyman antifa that has a huge following, but if you do, I have no problem with someone then calling you fascist.
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