The Tolerant Left at it again....again

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(10-19-2020, 07:55 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I think a significant reason for this is that antifa gets a lot of positive spin in the media.  At the very least their excesses don't get nearly the coverage that their actions would normally command.  You also get people, some of them here, comparing them to the men who fought in WW2, which is a horrible insult to the memory of those brave men, almost all of whom would find the actions of antifa utterly repellant.  I think if antifa got the same amount of negative media coverage that a group like the proud boys get then you'd see a lot fewer people lumping antifa in with the more mainstream left.

Regardless of our personal views on media coverage, I don't think anyone on here can credibly use the media as an excuse for their personal decision to make that characterization.