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"Antifa has been around for almost a hundred years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany." —a dude arguing that antifa is bad (blacksky.community)

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[–] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Modern fascism came from feudalist practices though. Nothing exists outside of historical context.

The point isn't to call them any specific label per se, the point is that these same desires that our country was built on would be labeled antifascist today by the current fascist government that is gaslighting us that they care about these laws and the founding fathers and constitution.

[–] Objection@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's a very low bar. I don't think we should let them determine how we use terminology.

[–] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago

? What? They aren't being serious about it, it is pointing out the slide into fascism