this is the kind of black and white thinking lemmy does best.
EDIT: i retract this statement. i was wrong
i was severely misinformed about what antifacism is. i was under the impression that "the antifa" was a group by itself instead of a mindset.
this is the kind of black and white thinking lemmy does best.
EDIT: i retract this statement. i was wrong
i was severely misinformed about what antifacism is. i was under the impression that "the antifa" was a group by itself instead of a mindset.
I get a strong taste of sick everytime I hear someone say "math" in singular/American-English.
I know it's simplified English but it sounds so fucking lazy and stupid.
Anti-antifa only means you're against the people claiming to be anti-fascist. It doesn't mean you like fascism. Nor does being antifa mean everything you're against is fascism.
I think it should be noted, the difference between antifa the organization and antifa the philosophy.
I am very much ideologically anti-fascist and I believe I would take up arms against a fascist government, however antifa the org has made some questionable calls in the past.
The difference between the extreme wings is miniscule. Methods, Objectives and Goals are the same, just the arguments differ slightly.
In Germany half of the voters of the Ultra-Left Party "Linkspartei" went within one election to the Ultra-Right Party "Alternative für Deutschland". Even starnger, the AfD is financed by Putin who wants to recreate Stalinism, which is Ultra-Leftist, while the AfD wants to recreate a Führer-Cult which is Ultra-Right. And still both cooperate perfectly.
But don't think the US is better. While Linkspartei and AfD together are 15% in the US the equally Extremist-Trumpists are close to 50%.
People need to understand that the Extremists on the wings are closer to each other than to the middle. While the middle tries to better things in small steps the Extremists want to burn the house down with everyone inside and then see who survives.
I mean that would make sense if Antifa had anything to do with fascism. It's just one of many movements wearing labels that intentionally misrepresent it's members.
It's like being anti-Patriot act and then others claiming that you're against patriotism.
You're playing into their hands.
Not really there are anti antifa centrists and leftists that are simply against extremist movements. At least where i live antifa is pretty militant so people basically group it with the fascists which is pretty ironic if you think about it. A long time ago i was also anti antifa but seeing the lenghts that "conservatives" go to fuck up everything we love im also swinging to a more violent leftism.
Anti-antifa does not subscribe to the law of the excluded middle, so double negation elimination does not apply.
EDIT: This was a math joke, but I'm proud that it seems to have gone over so many heads.
What's a fascist mean to you nerds anyways? Like what does it even mean to be anti fascist?
By that logic people who are against Focus on the Family are against families. You don't get to own a concept just by putting it in your name.
Antifa = antifascist like The Democratic Republic of North Korea is democratic.
Flip again.