cantankerous_cashew@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 6 days agoTrump administration now classifies Antifa and left-wing networks among ‘major’ terror groupswww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square142linkfedilinkarrow-up1669
arrow-up1669external-linkTrump administration now classifies Antifa and left-wing networks among ‘major’ terror groupswww.cnn.comcantankerous_cashew@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square142linkfedilink
minus-squarekorazail@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·5 days agoI really hate how media gladly reused this label. Antifa, pronounced ant-tea-fuh, allowed it to be disconnected from the actual words it was shortened from, and then used as a boogieman. We all know there is no central antifa command center, headquarters, or organization. We are “antifa” because we are anti fascism. As you say, you can label yourself, but you can also label yourself by your enemies. The anti-fascists are Trump’s enemies, therefore…
I really hate how media gladly reused this label.
Antifa, pronounced ant-tea-fuh, allowed it to be disconnected from the actual words it was shortened from, and then used as a boogieman.
We all know there is no central antifa command center, headquarters, or organization. We are “antifa” because we are anti fascism.
As you say, you can label yourself, but you can also label yourself by your enemies.
The anti-fascists are Trump’s enemies, therefore…
on purpose