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In certain ways, antifa do behave like fascists. Ask my pal Axx. Maybe you'd provide a different name for them? Regardless of what they are called, they are typical of Bezmenov's useful idiots, to be discarded in the final phase. He said thousands of useful idiots were killed in one night in their beds, during final phase of communist takeover in Vietnam. He added the CIA were mystified at how the reds knew were all the victims slept. He said same happened to Czechs. After the useful idiot realize they were used, they become a threat because they naturally oppose the new regime which they were told would be nice, but is anything but. Stalin etc solved that problem in similar fashion. |
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Good news then that your crap claim was debunked in seconds.
![]() "Sullivan confirmed to PolitiFact that he entered the building with the rioters, and that he is in the photographs shown as part of the Facebook post. But there’s no proof that he "incited (the) insurgence," and he has denied any affiliation with antifa, a broad coalition of anti-fascist activists. In a Sept. 8 press briefing, FBI Assistant Director Steven D’Antuono said the agency has "no indication" that antifa played a role. https://www.politifact.com/factcheck...g-activist-an/ |
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Q-anon Trump fascist supporters fail in their coup attempt to storm the capitol. (Capitol Hill Putsch 2021)
Hitler and the Nazi fascists fail in their coup attempt to storm the Feldherrnhalle, (Beer Hall Putsch 1923) Now Bubba.....tell us what government building the Antifa supporters stormed? ![]() |
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Depends on who you are referring to. If you mean people who are willing to throw down with neo-nazis on the street, who stay in Twitter contact with other like-minded Nazi haters, then that's antifa.
If you mean protesters who seem against your ideologies, that's something different. I hope. Are you using some random redefinition of antifa?
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#131 |
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Time to pour some gas on the fire:
"Activist John" was arrested taking part in the Capitol invasion. John claims to be a BLM activist. DOJ release about his arrest here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/u...states-capitol John claims to be a BLM lefty, but has been disavowed by pretty much every leftist protest community he has ever encountered. Apparently he has earned a reputation as being a violent grifter. He also has pretty clear ties to the far right and has associated with Proud Boys. Here's a disavowal from November warning lefties to be wary of this guy: https://twitter.com/RebellionBaby/st...02008765206528 Conspiracy cranks will take his claims of being a antifascist at face value, despite his close associations with far-right groups and his participation in a far-right coup attempt. |
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I just realized what the whole Antifa business reminds me of. After the Columbine shooting, 20/20 did a story in which it was claimed that the shooters were part of a nationwide white suburban gang with a history of violent murder - the "Gothic Movement". It was seriously claimed that Goths were a single unified group full of deranged killers.
Widely scattered unconnected groups that share some similar attitudes being portrayed as a monolithic boogeyman. |
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Indeed, I'm fairly well acquainted with the organized BLM protest movement in Salt Lake City, and they didn't buy into him for a second. His m.o. seems to be precisely to pretend to be on the political left, but then do violent and offensive things in the name of that in order to incite police action.
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As to the thread title, no it wasn't. The insurrection was orchestrated by a rag-tag group of alt-right dirtbags,, CTers, Q-nuts, sov-cit scum, and christian nationalists. They were possible aided and abetted by a few treasonous representatives and some crooked cops*. This is what all the evidence indicates and those who attempt to claim otherwise are like Donald Trump's Depends: full of ****.
The possibility there might have been other bad actors is so minor a factor, it is to be dismissed as unimportant. *I forgot to add the (Former) President ***** -His-Pants fomenting the violence. |
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Yeah, but it works like the anit-vaxxers. You can have 10,000 peer-reviewed studies that show little if any harm from vaccines, but if there happens to arise just one that suggests a problem -- "Aha! I knew it all along!"
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Thus it will be with the conspiracy minded and the gullible: all that can be done is to rationally debunk them, then when they inevitably pop back up with the same claim, ridicule the ridiculous. After laying out the evidence for these credules, and their summary rejection of same, I have no time for their continual pissing down my back and calling it rain. I just laugh at their playground pretend worldview.
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Seen on a playground . . .
Bwahahahahahahahahaha!!! Q-nuts, CTers, Alt-right filth, sov-cit scum, christian nationalists+ their dear leader, Diaper Don. That's it. Diaper Don What's that nappy you have on? Could it be smelly mess From days gone by? And did I hear you say You've not changed yours today But you hope Ivanka may If you cry? Seen online. Apologies to Tanya Tucker. |
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You missed the point.
I'll be blunt: There is no difference between what the Trumpists are doing and what Antifa are doing, and there is no difference between some Antifa activist and you. You and Antifa are driven by your internet echo chambers to create a world based on lies. You both shout about how the "media" is lying and blinding people to your and their versions of what they think the truth is. You and your Trumists sit at the same kiddie table as Antifa does. And like children, you both point fingers at each other when caught doing the same things. Except Antifa never attacked the US Capitol Building. That was your friends. |
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Also, Hawley emerged as a first class propagandist in the christian nationalist movement. He's a real go-getter among the new fascist-istas. Nothing would do my heart prouder than to learn he enabled the insurrectionist scum in an indictable way. Well, maybe Diaper Don in prison orange.
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There is absolutely nothing uniquely fascist in their behavior.
Stalin's wasn't a fascist, he was a communist which is about as far as you can get on the other end of the spectrum. It's not just would be dictators than use similar tactics, however. The US founding fathers used them as well. No doubt they, like you, ignored the facts and convinced themselves that it was "the other side" that were being used as useful idiots |
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Important safety tip:
We need more free speech, not less. Free discourse exposes bad ideas. That is why the marxists in our colleges are silencing voices they dislike. Of all places, colleges should remain the bastion of free discussion of ideas. Thats why college have been taken over by the anti-free speech mob. Some professors say they noticed the problem emerging in the 80's as 'politically correct speech' |
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New York Times ??
NYT reports Jan 6 timeline does not fit media narrative blaming Trump. Impeachment narrative also collapses https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrlF...SEpNVof5lx5WKM |
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"Kill him with his own gun" cop describes his fight for life against Capitol rioters.
After they chanted "Kill him," some shouted "Don't kill him," then pulled him away from the scum attempting to murder him, so it's okay. As the officer said to those who pulled him away, "Thank you, but **** you for being there." Round up the filth FBI; I'm not going to tell you not to be too careful about how you do it either, as President ***** -His-Pants once advised. Nah, I'm not going to say that. Nope. |
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But Bubba, you hate free speech.
You are constantly going on about how the free press is biased against the government, and how much you want that to change. You've also said how you want the government to be able to police what's said on the internet. Glad to see you've changed your mind about this, though. What brought about this Damascene conversion? |
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Sanity is overrated. / Voting for Republicans is morally equivalent to voting for Nazis in early 30's. |
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The New Yorker has an Alien Lizard man time machine.
"Among the Insurrectionists" January 25, 2021 ... |
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With the caveat that Antifa is not a monolithc organization, I agree that some of the more extreme elements of Antifa are no better then the Trumpists...as much as some here do not want to admit that.
It would be so much easier if I could wear blinders and have a "Left GOOD,Right BAD" mentality, but I just can't. |
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American Nutty Idiot Trump Fans Anonymous ?
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