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A group of communists? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifaschistische_Aktion

I think all time travelers should be welcomed on Twitter with welcome arms, be they from 1933 or 2933.

I say, could someone explain this preponderance of sharp signs?

First of all, from this link:

> was a militant anti-fascist organisation,

emphasis mine. People who self-identify as anti-fascist nowadays have little to do with communism. Why not link this page? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-fascism

Second of all, is "communist" a slur on HN? Is that supposed to sound scary or something?

It’s a slur, a belief that these people are extreme card-carrying Marxists educated at Karl Marx University and completely conversant with Das Kapital in the original german.

But I’ve never met someone complaining about them who could name one of them. It’s like some Boys of Brazil meets George Soros thing with them.

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