[Steve_Seattle]

"The Nazis had this down to an art. The Antifa people may claim to be communists, but there really is no distinction. They are just fascists."

I don't know why we persist in using the left's terminology ("fascists") in reference to leftist street thugs. A better analogy would be "Bolshevik" or "Red Guard." But I'm quibbling.

[ClearCase_guy]

I think there is an important point to be made here.

The Fascists were leftwing. They were socialists. Today, a lot of people want to deny this, but they are wrong. Fascism is a form of Progressivism.

Traditionally, the Bolsheviks and the Fascists have fought each other. That is Leftists fighting Leftists. Although I wouldn’t mind calling the American Left a bunch of Bolsheviks, I refuse to play into a scenario where: “If the Left are Bolsheviks, then I guess American Conservatives are Fascists.” No. Not at all.

Bolsheviks and Fascists are on the Left and both fill the ranks of the American Left.

I’m a Conservative. I believe in freedom, limited government, and individualism. The Antifa people hate people like me. Because they are Fascists.