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there is an ominously longstanding tradition in american politics whereby the name of any given act of action is the precise inversion of its effect an intent.
the patriot act serves only to undermine the constitution.
the affordable care act jammed up health care costs.
the community re-investment act triggered the bubble that devastated minority home ownership when it burst. ...
antifa is no different and worse than most. they are flat out fascists. there is simply no other way to put it.
it’s their whole doctrine. “we must use the power of the state and corporate alliance to make you do what we say. anyone who disagrees of fails to obey is a fascist!” is their entire lexicon and its etiology lies in the weaponization of post modern parlor games into intolerant, totalitarian structures to justify violence and coercion.
it’s performative “anti-fascism/racism” that is nothing but tyranny of the other side masquerading as pluralism and the sublimation of a burning desire to bully and wield the whip hand into a self-deluding set of precepts so that adherents may mistake themselves for the good guys.
it has self-selected for those who lack introspection.
and this leads us into some murky water.
because people say things like this.
and it’s a weird shaped object to handle.
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Willie Ross Jr. Knee Deep
@RossKneeDeep
I love when people call out Antifa like it's a bad thing. It's not a gang. Shouldn't we all be Antifa?
you have to unpack it because it contains a severe embedded fallacy:
because we named a thing X, it is, in fact, X.
therefore, because i am named “antifa” i am the same as the people who fought fascism in the 40’s.
this is, of course, nonsense. naming a cat a bird does not render a tabby a toucan.
i have found that simple illustrations of bad naming help here and so does a little irony (and perhaps a soupçon of sarcasm):
ah, OK, so, for example, if you're against the government of "the democratic people's republic of korea,"
you're “anti-democracy,”
and “anti-rights based republics”…?
wow, won't kim jung un be surprised!
https://autos.yahoo.com/motorcycle-monday-antifa-declares-war-160000181.html
Nobody knows for sure what comes next in this feud
Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈
@MrAndyNgo
Nov 24
A large number of Antifa accounts operate on Twitter to promote riots, give tips on how to commit violent crimes & post names, photos & addresses of targets plus their family members.
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
15h
Incitement to violence will result in account suspension
Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈
@MrAndyNgo
14h
How do we best inform Twitter of these violations? I’ve been reporting on specific accounts for years & pretty much all of them remain. Last year Antifa used Twitter to direct comrades to swarm me after I ran into a hotel following a violent street beating:nypost.com/2022/02/06/antifa…
Antifa almost killed me — but I won’t stop reporting their...
Andy Ngo had a bounty on his head and the threats increased throughout the year as he systematically documented who was arrested and charged at every riot.
nypost.com
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
14h
That is a disturbing story and very concerning that Twitter took no action, despite clear violation of ToS. Report in this thread for now.
Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈
@MrAndyNgo
13h
Thank you for your attention. (I hope you had a great Thanksgiving.) I'll continue to raise these issues here thoughtfully. Countless journalists, law enforcement officers, businesses & properties have been attacked through violent extremist organizing & incitement on Twitter.
Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈
@MrAndyNgo
13h
.@crimethinc, an Antifa collective, makes riot guides, texts to radicalize people into criminal militancy, & propaganda that is shared via Twitter for people to distribute. They've claimed a number of attacks & give instructions on how to form cells, what riot gear to bring, etc.
Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈
@MrAndyNgo
13h
A year ago, @/crimethinc raised tens of thousands on @GoFundMe via promotion on Twitter. The organizer of that campaign was Shane Becker, a violent extremist who calls for arson attacks & fantasizes about killing people. He instructed comrades to use human body shields at riots.
Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈
@MrAndyNgo
8h
Seattle journalist @jasonrantz has written about how violent Antifa militants use Twitter to alert comrades of a real-life physical target in real time. Like myself, Seattle videographers @choeshow & @KatieDaviscourt have been stalked & attacked this way. foxnews.com/opinion/antifa-t…
Jason Rantz: Here's how Antifa uses Twitter to threaten me and the media
I am proudly unfriendly to Antifa. Consequently, I’ve been a victim of their tactics.
foxnews.com
Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈
@MrAndyNgo
3h
Violent extremist #Antifa collective @crimethinc has been suspended at the moment. The international group operates like ISIS: makes propaganda & training material to radicalize militants toward violence. Though the main account was suspended, they operate a dozen other accounts:
Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈
@MrAndyNgo
2h
Replying to @MrAndyNgo @crimethinc
As revenge for @elonmusk suspending violent extremist accounts on Twitter, #Antifa in Portland are organizing arson attacks on @Tesla locations tonight.
This is just a drop in the ocean of years of violent organizing on Twitter.
Anticipating litigation arising from the property damage, The Lumistella Company has partnered with Vice President Kamala Harris to deny the presence of graffiti, broken windows, or arson committed by the mischievous elf and bail out any toy company executives deemed responsible. The purchase agreement also includes language forestalling lawsuits arising from "any and all firebombings that promote freedom, justice, and equity, including but not limited to the torching of kitchens, bathrooms, bedrooms, or garage interiors or exteriors, or any other symbols of white heteronormative oppression."
At publishing time, several homes reported that their "Antifa On A Shelf" dolls had taken over the downstairs sections of their homes and declared them "Elf Autonomous Zones," causing the families to retreat upstairs and barricade themselves for safety until police arrived.
President Donald Trump announced plans to designate Antifa as a "major terrorist organization" in a social media post on Thursday morning.
Former FBI Director Christopher Wray stated that Antifa is an ideology rather than an organized entity, lacking a structure to be classified as a terror group.
Senator Bill Cassidy supported Trump's decision, claiming Antifa promotes violence and undermines justice and order.
Increased violence and death threats by Antifa in Germany and Europe
12.1.2022
Answer in writing
Question for written answer E-000144/2022
to the Commission
Rule 138
Tom Vandendriessche (ID)
Antifa is a left-wing, decentralised political organisation that claims to fight against racism and fascism. It originated in the United States, but has spread in Europe, where autonomous groups carry out political acts under the Antifa banner and do not shun violence.
Recently it came to light that Antifa had drawn up a ‘death list’ containing 53 politicians from the right-wing AfD party, together with instructions on how to make bombs. Another popular technique is ‘doxing’, whereby the private details of politicians are released and their members are called on to carry out certain acts.
Is the Commission aware of similar lists in other countries? What is the Commission doing to ensure the safety of right-wing citizens and politicians and to safeguard their political rights? Although Antifa has no central organisation in Europe, many of these crimes have been committed under the Antifa banner. Is the Commission willing to consider Antifa a terrorist organisation and ban any sustainable organisation under this name?
Mafia families don't have membership cards.
Why am I bringing this up now? Because one attempt to head off the hammer coming down on Antifa that we're hearing from its aboveground allies is that Antifa doesn't exist.
It's just an idea. There's no central command. No common funding. No membership cards. No way to tell who's a member and who isn't.
The reductio ad absurdum of this bullshit is to point out that, following the argument, the Mafia cannot possibly exist. Which would be interesting news to all the people it murdered.
Historical note: there was a period when the Mafia was structurally different from Antifa in that it had a Boss of All Bosses, but the position was abolished by assassination in 1931.
In reality, when you're dealing with a criminal or terrorist conspiracy that doesn't have membership cards, you identify members of it the same way that other members do: by their willingness to cooperate with each other on shared projects.
And sometimes, by their participation in shared bonding rituals like a Cosa Nostra initiation ceremony or a "bash the fash" demonstration.
None of this is difficult, and it's exactly the kind of situation that the RICO (Racketeering and Corrupt Influence) laws were written to address.
From Trump's public statements, I'm guessing that they're going to go right past RICO to a Foreign Terrorist Organization designation.
This won't be difficult either. If you have any doubt that at least some Antifa chapters are funded by Chinese Communist money, you really need to get out more.
Antifa have logos and uniforms. How can they not have member rolls? Somebody must have computers somewhere, even encrypted, and as we know, those are usually already monitored.
Also, their riots have crowd sourcing through cell phones and media, so they have a lot of money trails and identifiers. Of course, it will all go back to Soros et alia. The Antifa may be for that purpose, to get Soros and his organization on RICO. With Soros comes Clinton, their foundation, and their criminal enterprises, who are all basically funded by MI6 (City of London again).
Satan's greatest trick is convincing some he does not exist.
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