Moral equivalency and false equivalency misinformation propaganda used by Tweety is used to obtain adoration from the anyone, any group, even hate groups, the most base, ugly, crass hate groups.
Tweety inspires a divided America, divided into separate tribes by the color of one's skin!? Common man, is the for real?
Now ANTIFA has replaced pacifists in the fight against White Nationalist, White Power, White Supremacist hate groups. And the fight requires violence just as it did in World Wars, yet print media says we must fear ANTIFA? ANTIFA potential from crimes against humanity is not comparable in any way to ACTUAL Fascist crimes, murder, rape, genocide, lynchings, and worse!
America may need groups like ANTIFA as we slide with Tweety into a Police State; see pardon of Sheriff Arpaio and Utah police trying to take blood from an unconstitutional Idaho reserve cop. The Utah police tried to illegally obtain the truck driving cop after the truck he drove crashed AND he was unconscious. BUT Utah police had no search warrant. Utah cop will be pardoned by Tweety, no doubt.
Hand wringing over POTENTIAL threats is useless, and ignorant of history. While America must be vigilant of the violent tactics of ANTIFA, we cannot equate ANTIFA attacks on hate speech of the White Nationalist to White Nationalists stated intent to physically REMOVE humans of color from their midst.
Some papers and magazine writers (print media) opinions came out as fearful of ant-fascists professed anti-authoritarianism. Peter Beinart, The Atlantic, wrote " . . . but antifa activities use tactics that "are genuinely troubling" and counterproductive. "Conservatives use antifa's violence to justify-or at least distract from-[good Peter tossed in his "at least" note] the violence of white supremacists"
Come on man! White supremacists violence came FIRST, and ANTIFA is fighting back! We cannot fight fascism with peace and anti-violence proverbs. Pacifism did not work in WWI or WWII, and it will not work against American Fascists.
Noah, you got this one wrong when you decided ANTIFA was not "helpng" in the battle against fascism.
Unwavering White Nationalists/Supremacists violence is met with violence. There is no alternative.
We can worry about ANTIFA if they ever lynch a black person, OK?
Foolish critics want us to believe fighting Fascists should be "gentle?" Maybe ANTIFA is an extremist group we need to monitor, but they have not lynched anyone yet, gassed and murdered 6,000,000 Jews that I know of. The ANTIFA are not liberals, might be anarchist and if the hate Fascists, they are "a friend of mine."
The ANTFA are thugs who fight "free HATE speech," are friends of America!
Fighting fascists is OVERDUE in America. It is an excuse to say it is best to hear out hate speech. We know what they want to say without providing them a national platform!
Most civilized countries understand better than the United States that hate speech only serves one purpose, to inspire and breed hate, period.
I disagree with Jonah Goldberg, New York Post, "Punching Nazis doesn't make them (ANTIFA) "the good guys." Yes it does, for now, until fascism is erased!
ANTIFA can punch and punch and punch Nazis all day long to drive them back to their sh*t holes as far as I am concerned.
We cannot fight Nazis in wars and decide to not fight during peace because it is "uncivil."
Fascists have no civil rights in America!
I agree with Michael Harriot, TheRoot.com, "Yes, anti-Fascist are violent - and necessary."