Brad_ATX 13,654 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Jeff has talked about them a lot lately and that they haven't received coverage. Well here you go, straight from the New York Times. It certainly doesn't put them in a good light, and rightfully so. http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/‘antifa’-grows-as-left-wing-faction-set-to-literally-fight-the-far-right/ar-AAqgifH?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homersapien 11,373 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 I find it fascinating these folks apparently aren't intelligent enough to understand they are being counterproductive. They are actually helping the people they are trying to oppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaturdayGT 719 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Im to the point where Im turning away from the news anymore. There such a small percentage of protesters protesting for sick things, promoting violence and the sorts, yet the news makes you think the country is in some critical chaos...or at least make it seem like its closer to that than it really is. Ignorance is bliss!! Thats where Im headed...Id almost bet if I totally ignore the news and go about my daily life amongst the people I run across each day, Id probably get a better feel for the country and be much happier...maybe a little less ignorant in a lot of ways! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_M4_AU 7,819 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 After reading that article, I can see both sides were at fault for the violence. Let me repeat that, both sides were at fault for the violence. You can argrue all you want about the moral upper hand, but it doesn't excuse the violence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autigeremt 6,614 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 52 minutes ago, homersapien said: I find it fascinating these folks apparently aren't intelligent enough to understand they are being counterproductive. They are actually helping the people they are trying to oppose. Because their tactics are in the same cloth, which makes them a fringe hate group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strychnine 1,802 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 1 hour ago, homersapien said: I find it fascinating these folks apparently aren't intelligent enough to understand they are being counterproductive. They are actually helping the people they are trying to oppose. White nationalist, KKK, and neo-Nazi groups are a rather easy bunch to despise and rationalize a violent response to. You are indeed correct that it is counterproductive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homersapien 11,373 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 21 hours ago, Strychnine said: White nationalist, KKK, and neo-Nazi groups are a rather easy bunch to despise and rationalize a violent response to. You are indeed correct that it is counterproductive. But you would think that any reasonably intelligent person would see the results. I can only conclude that while their emotions may be in the right place, they are not "reasonably intelligent". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexava 6,973 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Antifa action and strategy sucks. At least their intent or reason to exist is something admirable. There is nothing positive from white supremacy nazis. You have to be able to denounce white supremacist murder without calling out "both sides ". Wait a few days to address "many sides". But antifa is s***. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strychnine 1,802 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 1 minute ago, homersapien said: But you would think that any reasonably intelligent person would see the results. I can only conclude that while their emotions may be in the right place, their are not "reasonably intelligent". Personally, I suspect it is a combination of the ignorance of youth and the opposing ideology being one that naturally makes your blood boil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homersapien 11,373 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 20 hours ago, Strychnine said: Personally, I suspect it is a combination of the ignorance of youth and the opposing ideology being one that naturally makes your blood boil. I have always had huge respect for how MLK and other black leaders who adapted non-violence as a key strategy and how it was accepted by most black civil rights protestors. What discipline and integrity it took to offer yourself up as a passive target knowing there was a good chance you could lose your life by doing so! And then there is the more recent example in the Dylan church shooting response. These people were and are truly exemplary Americans. The country needs to revere them and replace Confederate memorials with statues of important civil rights leaders, black or white. Not to change the subject, but I haven't visited the Civil Rights Museum in Birmingham yet. I hope to do that on my next visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strychnine 1,802 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 30 minutes ago, homersapien said: I have always had huge respect for how MLK and other black leaders adapted non-violence as a key strategy and how it was accepted by most black civil rights protestors. What discipline and integrity it took to offer yourself up as a passive target knowing there was a good chance you could lose your life by doing so. And then there is the more recent example in the Dylan church shooting. These people were and are truly exemplary Americans. The country needs to revere them and replace Confederate memorials with statues of important civil rights leaders, black or white. Not to change the subject, but I haven't visited the Civil Rights Museum in Birmingham yet. I hope to do that on my next visit. MLK was wise to realize that non-violence was the best way to accomplish their objective. Considering the forces at the time that were aligned against them, a violent movement would have been crushed quickly, and then used as an excuse for continued oppression. Hence your point about its counterproductive nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUDub 11,148 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 3 hours ago, homersapien said: I find it fascinating these folks apparently aren't intelligent enough to understand they are being counterproductive. They are actually helping the people they are trying to oppose. The only proper response to nazi marches is to follow them around with a sousaphone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustache eagle 2,402 Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 That is fantastic, funny and such a great response. Gives the white supremacists a buffoonery feel. They should always pick out and interview one of the toothless ones ... gives them such a respectable look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKW 86 7,423 Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 On 8/18/2017 at 1:06 PM, homersapien said: But you would think that any reasonably intelligent person would see the results. I can only conclude that while their emotions may be in the right place, their are not "reasonably intelligent". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homersapien 11,373 Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 12 hours ago, mustache eagle said: That is fantastic, funny and such a great response. Gives the white supremacists a buffoonery feel. They should always pick out and interview one of the toothless ones ... gives them such a respectable look Ridicule is far more effective than violence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Freak 2,528 Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 20 hours ago, Bigbens42 said: The only proper response to nazi marches is to follow them around with a sousaphone. Lol, reminds me of: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKW 86 7,423 Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 My eyes!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUDub 11,148 Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 On 8/18/2017 at 9:50 PM, mustache eagle said: They should always pick out and interview one of the toothless ones ... gives them such a respectable look Shouldn't be hard. Oftentimes, members of their supposed "master race" are the worst examples of it lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUDub 11,148 Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 On 8/19/2017 at 0:19 PM, The Freak said: Lol, reminds me of: I would bet my house that he got the idea from Family Guy. Flight of the Valkyries was a nice touch though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTiger 12,862 Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 They're idiots. They're not equivalents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUFAN78 3,895 Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 1 hour ago, TexasTiger said: They're idiots. They're not equivalents. Who said they were? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metafour 4,969 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Antifa followers are at the very minimum Marxist-sympathizers, and at worst are full-blown Communists. They are a drastically bigger threat than the "Nazi's" you cheer them on against due to the fact that they outnumber them heavily. Despite media driven hysteria on "white supremacists" in America, these people are a virtual non-threat to the general population (KKK participation is basically non-existent). Antifa on the other hand features College professors (as the article shows) and a revolving supply of disillusioned youth who go to College and become brainwashed by Communist propaganda; hence the article pointing out their vast political philosophies which range from anti-capitalism to militant environmentalism, with everything else in between. At the very core their beliefs are anti-American (or more broadly anti-Western) which means that they outright believe that it is their duty to topple the "oppressive" systems currently in place and replace them with their grand idea of Socialist (Communist) utopias. You know, where you end up with ~100 million dead bodies and god knows how many more in the gulags. The fact that these people are being paraded around as heroes or champions of justice is proof enough that we are rapidly spinning into the abyss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homersapien 11,373 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 On 8/21/2017 at 8:48 PM, AUFAN78 said: Who said they were? Trump certainly implied it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homersapien 11,373 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 6 hours ago, metafour said: Antifa followers are at the very minimum Marxist-sympathizers, and at worst are full-blown Communists. They are a drastically bigger threat than the "Nazi's" you cheer them on against due to the fact that they outnumber them heavily. Despite media driven hysteria on "white supremacists" in America, these people are a virtual non-threat to the general population (KKK participation is basically non-existent). Antifa on the other hand features College professors (as the article shows) and a revolving supply of disillusioned youth who go to College and become brainwashed by Communist propaganda; hence the article pointing out their vast political philosophies which range from anti-capitalism to militant environmentalism, with everything else in between. At the very core their beliefs are anti-American (or more broadly anti-Western) which means that they outright believe that it is their duty to topple the "oppressive" systems currently in place and replace them with their grand idea of Socialist (Communist) utopias. You know, where you end up with ~100 million dead bodies and god knows how many more in the gulags. The fact that these people are being paraded around as heroes or champions of justice is proof enough that we are rapidly spinning into the abyss. I haven't seen anyone do that. Just the opposite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aujeff11 6,243 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 2 hours ago, homersapien said: I haven't seen anyone do that. Just the opposite. An article that was recently shared by Midatlantic called upon the people to resist the white supremacy movement. Its exact words were: "Join an Antifa group. Start taking self defense classes." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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