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Do people realise that Antifa simply means Anti-Fascist? Its origin is Antifaschistische Aktion during the Weimar Republic, though the current movement is ideologically a bit different. Still, it seems that "antifa" has been politically co-opted in the US and is not being used in the right context at all. How is Antifa objectively a threat to life and property?

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That's a weak argument, it's like saying North Korea is ran by its people because it's called People's Republic of Korea and Congo was always democratic because it's called Democratic Republic of Congo etc...

The name is meaningless. Any group can call themselves "the good guys club" or "the anti bad guy society" if they please. If such an argument held any water, I would legally change my name to "Beyond Reproach".

I'm speaking of the American antifa, which are assaulting, harassing, and doxxing people they deem "fascist" (which is anyone who looks at them funny) and burning down buildings and vehicles. Surely you have watched a news report or read a newspaper in the past several months. Even CNN has grudgingly been forced to honestly report on their activities.

I'm not personally aware of any such actions on the part of "qanon". But if any exist at all, they are without dispute dwarfed by the havoc antifa has wrought.

This is absolutely laughable in every respect.

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