Hate typically breeds hate, yes
But here specifically I disagree with the sentiment.
Fascism eventually requires that people who don't agree with it take a stand or be killed. In contrast Anti-fascism doesn't require that people become fascist in response.
The hate breeding seems fairly one way to me.
I would prefer that the violence were not required ofc, but honestly, if you tolerate Nazis indefinitely then sooner or later you have to join them, or be killed by them.
(another thing that is not true of anti fascists)
edit: huh, seems they only talked to the guy too.
(, Thu 21 Jun 2018, 12:18, Share, Reply)
I fully support the ideology behind anti-fascism.
Unfortunately, a not inconsiderable percentage of Antifa members are nothing more than middle-class slacktivist twats who care little about the ideology of Antifa and take more interest in causing a bit of a nuisance at protests and feeling like Mr/Mrs Big Balls.
As soon as you let cunts represent your organisation, you begin to lose all credibility. It happened with Anonymous (although those gay Guy Fawkes masks didn't really help matters), it happened with Black Lives Matter and now it's happening with Antifa.
I guarantee a lot of these twats were also falling over themselves during the Kony2012 nonsense a few years back.
(, Thu 21 Jun 2018, 13:11, Share, Reply)
yes
It's a massive down side of running things anonymously/ openly (anyone can join in.) You'll get some natural assholes, and you'll get people actively trying to undermine the group.
I reckon, where a group is righteous, judge the individual members by their own actions. Admittedly it's harder when they're all wearing masks...
This particular subset though, just put some of their time in, ran a bit of deception, and only gave the guy a talking to. They might be ineffective, but cunts is little harsh.
(, Thu 21 Jun 2018, 13:37, Share, Reply)