ANTIFA is a terrorist group? People who fight fascism are terrorists? Anti-Fascists are terrorists? My how far we've come since WWII! Never forget the poem . . . Keep in mind, hate speech spreads like a cancer.
"First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me"
https://www.hmd.org.uk/resource/first-they-came-by-pastor-martin-niemoller/
THINK PEOPLE! If you give up your freedom to President Trump, or ICE or a foolhardy FBI it's on YOU!
"I'm a Stanford professor accused of being a terrorist. McCarthyism is back"
David Palumbo-Liu 8 Feb 2018
I am used to receiving abusive messages and being publicly maligned. Now, however, attacks on me have reached troubling new heights
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/08/stanford-professor-mccarthyism-antifa
"Campus Antifascist Network"
THE PROPAGANDA IS A LIE AND THE FBI IS WRONG.
http://campusantifascistnetwork.com/
"As Trump stands by Charlottesville remarks, rise of white-nationalist violence becomes an issue in 2020 presidential race"
29 April 2019
"As Trump stands by Charlottesville remarks, rise of white-nationalist violence becomes an issue in 2020 presidential race"
By Felicia Sonmez and Ashley Parker April 28, 2019
Trump lies straight to our face, "truthful hyperbole" is his tactic, a lie he says "for a good purpose?"
Trump might think he gets a pass for saying Neo-Nazis are fine people, that the people were seeking history in the rebel Confederate statues, but I will not be fooled. I KNOW what Trump meant, Americans know what Trump meant, the World (international) knows what Trump meant (and said!).
Everyone in the Galaxy knows the set of ugly, hateful people he was appealing to: White Nationalism and worse, so he can get their votes.
Oh, the people he was talking about were "history buffs!?" The people walking with, and carrying tiki torches along with the "bad people" aka "not fine people" that shouted "Jews will not replace us!"?
The "fine people" were there to protect the statue.
Why were those fine people marching with the bad people? If you march with bad people YOU ARE BAD TOO!
That is laughable!
"Trump Defends His Comments on Deadly Charlottesville Rally"
By Erin Corbett April 26, 2019
http://fortune.com/2019/04/26/trump-defends-charlottesville-comments/
"President Donald Trump is again defending his comments about the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017, saying that the “very fine people on both sides” he was referring to did not include Neo-Nazis and white nationalists, but those who were protesting the removal of a Confederate statue."
Amazing! The President is a master at BULL SHIT! Are you kidding me! Trump can say the moon is the sun and his base will believe it!
And it took the President 48 hours to be convinced by his people to "adjust" his comments because America knew what he meant, David Duke and the White Nationalists who thanked him knew what he meant!
President Trump shoots from the hip tweet by the hour and we are supposed to believe he needed 48 hours to find the facts. Not me. I'm not buying that crap.
Trump says he wanted to study the facts? Why now? He doesn't believe in science or physics or human rights, so why did he "study" and search for "facts" all of a sudden?
Trump bull shits thru this entire press conference . . . Read it yourself!
"In Context: Donald Trump’s ‘very fine people on both sides’ remarks (transcript)"
By Angie Drobnic Holan on Friday, April 26th, 2019 at 4:11 p.m.
"Is Antifa a Terrorist Group?"
by Gary Lafree June 2018, Volume 55, Issue 3, pp 248–252 | Cite as
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12115-018-0246-x
"Starting in 2016, a number of protests and physical confrontations aimed at individuals and groups associated with right wing politics in the United States have been attributed to an ill-defined entity called “ANTIFA”: short for anti-fascist. A high profile example took place in Charlottseville, Virginia on August 11-12, 2017. During two days of conflict and violence, anti right wing protesters clashed with right wing supporters. During the second day of the confrontation, a right-wing supporter drove a car into a crowd of protesters, killing one person and injuring 35 others. While many ANTIFA supporters see it as a defense against right wing extremism, some on the right view supporters instead as terrorists. I tackle these issues in this essay by applying the guidelines of the Global Terrorism Database (GTD) to determine whether the actions by ANTIFA supporters during the Charlottesville incident constitute terrorism. I conclude that while the events share many characteristics of terrorist attacks, they do not include all of the elements of terrorism required by the GTD. I also question whether ANTIFA can be considered to constitute a “group” at this point in time. My essay highlights how complicated it is to distinguish terrorism from other forms of illegal violence."
"Antifa: US security agencies label group 'domestic terrorists'"
Department of Homeland Security has reportedly been warning about growing threat of violence between left-wing anarchists and right-wing nationalists since early 2016
Lucy Pasha-Robinson @lucypasha Monday 4 September 2017
So what makes ANTIFA a "terrorist" and "extremist" group? This is going to shock you.
"A confidential intelligence report by the DHS and the FBI accused the "anarchist extremists" of attacks on police, government and political institutions, along with any other symbols of the "capitalist system" or displays of racism, social injustice or fascism."
Are you kidding me? I am certain ANTIFA people do NOT attack police walking their beat of just hanging around. I am certain ANTIFA people have not attacked capitalism in any meaningful way. I call "BS!" Here's how the "authorities" stretch realty.
"The group has come under growing scrutiny in the past weeks after Donald Trump blamed the "alt-left" for the deadly violence between white supremacists and counter protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia.
But law enforcement officials said that the US President helped spur the backlash through his own divisive rhetoric.
“It was in that period [as the Trump campaign emerged] that we really became aware of them,” one senior law enforcement official said.
“These antifa guys were showing up with weapons, shields and bike helmets and just beating the shit out of people ... they’re using Molotov cocktails, they’re starting fires, they’re throwing bombs and smashing windows.”"
Really? I have seen nothing of this aggression without the Fascists waking the streets. In fact, I have not heard anyone in our government criticize the KKK and White Supremacists this way. I wonder why.
"Officials are now warning of an escalation of violence as white supremacist and far-right groups grow stronger and more militant.
“Everybody is wondering, 'What are we gonna do? How are we gonna deal with this?'” said the senior state law enforcement official.
“Every time they have one of these protests where both sides are bringing guns, there are sphincters tightening in my world. Emotions get high, and fingers get twitchy on the trigger.”
In their April 2016 assessment, the DHS and FBI said the Antifa could become more dangerous if “fascist, nationalist, racist or anti-immigrant parties obtain greater prominence or local political power in the United States, leading to anti-racist violent backlash from anarchist extremists”."
Are you reading this? Do these government guys, these police, listen to what they are saying? These officials say that when the bad guys come out, they are worried the ANTIFA might attack them! Why don't we control these hate groups so we do not have to worry about ANTIFA?
"The FBI Takes the Gloves Off With Antifa"
by Jacob Grandstaff December 4, 2017
https://capitalresearch.org/article/the-fbi-takes-the-gloves-off-with-antifa/
"Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director Christopher Wray announced on November 30 that the FBI is launching an investigation into those motivated to commit acts of violence by the violent leftist movement called Antifa (or “anti-fascist action”).
The FBI’s decision to investigate Antifa’s terrorist actions is a welcome change.
As conservative author Trevor Loudon noted in our film America Under Siege: Antifa, released earlier this year and embedded below, law enforcement has often allowed Antifa protesters to commit acts of violence against those that Antifa thugs deem “fascist.”"
Petty. Appease the extreme right and we'll be at peace? If the FBI goes after people they believe are members of ANTIFA, they better get it right.
