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Trump: Major consideration is being given to naming ANTIFA an “ORGANIZATION OF TERROR.”
- Thread starter fluffydelusions
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No. And that's the terrifying part. Trump is basically trying to make dissent against him illegal. This is a lurching leap towards full-on totalitarianism.
And most of the USA will either celebrate or not see this and just shrug their shoulders.
In its Origins yes, but its been a long time that has no organization. Today you only have small groups that are anti-fascists, so he would have to label everyone thats antifascist as terrorist. So everyone in this forum
I feel this is in part the media's fault. How many times did they make it sound like Antifa was a bunch of blood-thirsty anarchists who were only in protests just to cause property damage or burn stuff? They essentially normalized the perception that they were terrorists. And all for money.
I remember this one picture of a bunch of photographers around a single can on fire, while the rest of the protest was absolutely peaceful.
I remember this one picture of a bunch of photographers around a single can on fire, while the rest of the protest was absolutely peaceful.
Also, by constantly calling it "Antifa", which preys on stupid, uneducated people's insecurities and racism because it SOUNDS like Arabic.
shouldn't everyone be antifa? or do people not even realize what it's short for???
regardless, i like how it's almost 3 years into his term and moderates/politicians/mainstream media are still giving this clear fascist the full benefit of doubt that he's not what he is.
it's one thing to be racist/biogted and in support of what he's doing and another to be a willfully fucking blind moron.
regardless, i like how it's almost 3 years into his term and moderates/politicians/mainstream media are still giving this clear fascist the full benefit of doubt that he's not what he is.
it's one thing to be racist/biogted and in support of what he's doing and another to be a willfully fucking blind moron.
This is what has me kind of horrified right now. Our literal best case scenario right now is that Trump is just being idiotic and this can't work.
You have no idea how many people I've spoken to who hear "antifa" and "terrorist group" and instantly think it means "Muslim terrorists". It happens with surprising frequency, and people who don't care to do any actual research on the topic just let their racism guide them down that path.
Trust me, if the Democrats also had the Senate, Trump would've been gone long ago.
Pftt. I can see them trying to do this in my country, actually~ For any secret security agencies reading this, I'm unambiguously Anti Fascist and honoured to be so.
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It's not just Trump either. There is a bill written for the senate that labels left wing activists as terrorists, one of the people behind it is Cruz. Republicans are trying to make it illegal to not support the Republican party.
Literally siding with White Supremacists instead of people opposing such vile world views. And yet... STILL people won't outright call him racist. Anyone who denies that he's racist is either lying, or they're fucking morons.
What a fucking joke. "Organization of Terror"? Man, I woke up angry today, but it just keeps getting worse and worse.
So fucking obvious too, talking about Antifa while ignoring the white supremacy garbage.
So fucking obvious too, talking about Antifa while ignoring the white supremacy garbage.
Yeah, no surprise there. Like usual he had to "both sides" it with his scripted "condemning" of white supremacists.
Bingo.
Label anything and anyone who is against the totalitarian fascist regime an enemy, and you will crush your enemies.
If Americans haven't realised it yet, your democracy is falling apart and you are slowly transitioning to a fascist dictatorship.
Antifa technically does fall under "terrorism" as it uses violence and intimidation to achieve political goals.... but the fact he's lambast then when a white supremacist organization, one that the FBI already seems a hate group just proves the man has no interest in stopping white supremacy, or terrorism. He just wants to silence anyone who is opposed to him.
This is just another message to hate groups that he has their back and believes they are the good guys. Super problematic considering we just had another Trump inspired white supremacist attack in Texas.
Edit: and yeah antifa has killed 0 people ever compared to white supremacists which has actually killed people in the past month.so the equivalency of this is more akin to Yall Qaeda (those cattle rancher dudes in Oregon?) to Al Qaeda.
This is just another message to hate groups that he has their back and believes they are the good guys. Super problematic considering we just had another Trump inspired white supremacist attack in Texas.
Edit: and yeah antifa has killed 0 people ever compared to white supremacists which has actually killed people in the past month.so the equivalency of this is more akin to Yall Qaeda (those cattle rancher dudes in Oregon?) to Al Qaeda.
One of my favorite videogame intros has always been Medal of Honor: Underground
"Our leaders appeased the growing evil instead of fighting it"
"There was something terrible brewing with our old enemy, and no one was able to fight it. The world was about to find out what happens when an entire nation is swept by madness."
"What would you do? Surrender? Collaborate? Or resist"
Let's just say as the years has gone by, I've been thinking back to this intro with some renewed thoughts, ones I didn't have at the time when I first played and thought "that could never happen here lol".