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[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 95 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I am sure antifa HQ will be alarmed with this news

[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 29 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Emergency Soros checks going out today!

[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago

I'd like to designate mine to total the amount of $10,000,000 please.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The president of Antifa won't be getting any sleep tonight, that's for sure.

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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 86 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I guess this is the technical admission that the government is full-on fascist

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

It is.

And most Americans won't realize it has happened until it personally affects their lifestyle, which will be far too late.

[–] bagsy@lemmy.world 70 points 3 weeks ago

anti anti fascist == fascist

[–] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 37 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] khannie@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

It's a good oxymoron alright.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 28 points 3 weeks ago

I am Antifa.

Also, executive orders aren't laws.

[–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 26 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)
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[–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 24 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh America...

Get it the fuck together.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 weeks ago

It seems that we can’t. When we are gone, please learn from our example, and strive to make the world a better place.

[–] teagrrl@lemmy.ml 23 points 3 weeks ago

Ridiculous.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

This is where they start disarming, kidnapping and disappearing us for being against fascism. Let the witch hunt begin

[–] Dogyote@slrpnk.net 19 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Does antifi have any real organization? It's not a real thing is it?

[–] DegenerationIP@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Antifa Just means Anti Facism. If you're against facism, you're Antifa.

Any means telling you otherwise are either fascists or people making Jokes to fool fascists.

[–] Dogyote@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Thanks I know what it means but there is no existing antifa group, right? I understand a lot of people on lemmy consider themselves anti-facist and that's nice but they're not members of an organized group.

What I'm getting at is the executive order is targeting something that doesn't actually exist irl. I'm guessing this EO is a reaction to protestors in Oregon during Trump's first term who were wearing masks and calling themselves antifa. Was it a real organization then? Seemed like a bunch of kids to me with no actual leadership structure.

[–] DegenerationIP@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

There is no such group or anything. The order is Just a tool to hunt down political enemies easier.

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

There is no such group or anything.

There actually are many groups in the US which have "Antifa" in their name: for instance Rose City Antifa, NYC Antifa, Philly Antifa, Atlanta Antifa, among many others. Obviously this new (completely unprecedented btw) "domestic terrorist organization" designation is also going to be used against many people who aren't affiliated with any such group.

[–] DegenerationIP@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Gotcha. I See it more as identification rather than being an actual group. If you can follow me. I dunno how to explain it better..

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 2 points 3 weeks ago

There are many antifa groups. Anti fascist action is best preformed in groups. It's dangerous work.

See also "affinity group"

[–] coltn@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

...wait.... you aren't paying your monthly antifa membership dues?

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

We should kick him out if he's not paying, how else will we stay organized?

He can go join the fascists.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's not an organization. It's a boogeyman they're using to try to justify imprisoning and murdering liberals.

[–] StuffYouFear@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Welcome to McCarthyism

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Guess I'm a terrorist now.

[–] razzazzika@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 weeks ago

We all are, apparently.

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Since it isn't a real thing, they have all the space required to define it by deciding who is and who isn't. They'll just keep saying people are antifa without evidence or proof. Once gossip and opinion started being treated as fact, this became inevitable.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They've already said that it's a named organization. So nobody is Antifa.

Maybe next Trump will declare the Illuminati a terrorist organization.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
[–] kingofras@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago
[–] swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 3 weeks ago

I'm a terrorist now, I guess

[–] Tangentism@lemmy.ml 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Antifa is a militarist, anarchist enterprise that explicitly calls for the overthrow of the United States Government, law enforcement authorities, and our system of law.

If those institutions are fascistic then fuck yeah!

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Wasn't it one of the founding principles of our government that it can be overthrown and reinstated as the people see fit?

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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

Source: Declaration of Independence

[–] limer@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 weeks ago

Poor Aunte Fa, we barely knew her

[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

About time someone stood up for the poor fascists.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Everyone reading this should be arming themselves and everyone they know as fast as possible.

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 weeks ago

Bro there is no Antifa. And the only people who should be scared of Antifa are fascists