08-16-2017, 09:54 AM
(08-16-2017, 09:40 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Except it's not that simple, not remotely. You don't get to be something simply because you claim to be it. Antifa is not anti-fascist, they are anti anyone that doesn't fall in lock step with their ideology. When people fail to do so they respond with violence. This is not a good versus bad struggle, this is one extremist form of ideology against another. They both suck, they both engage in the same abhorrent acts, they just use different justifications for doing so. Your buddy already condoned violence, as long as it is used against people he doesn't like. I hope you won't fall into the same trap.
I don't know if I agree with this, because there is no unifying ideology of Antifa, as far as I can tell. Some are anarchist, some are for increased government, some care more about social equality, some care more about who knows what? There was also an instance when clergy were being attacked by the right-wing American fascists and Antifa members jumped int he way to defend them. I doubt the clergy would qualify as falling in lock-step with their ideology, yet they come to their defense.
There is just a lot more nuance to this than a lot of people tend to see.
