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Antifa becoming 'the establishment' in Portland, and Denver?
American Thinker ^ | 16 Oct, 2020 | Monica Showalter

Posted on 10/16/2020 5:27:46 AM PDT by MtnClimber

If there's anything that ought to give everyone the creeps, it's the idea of Antifa running whole cities. It's the idea of Antifa no longer being crushed like bugs for their rioting and looting, but instead simply taking over. Imagine a city run by Antifa. Image a gargantuan CHOP zone with no place to run. Imagine Antifa as the stodgy establishment, there to conserve the ways of Antifa. Incredible as that sounds, we see signs of that happening in Portland and Denver, not just turning those cities to rubble, but destined to eventually take over a hollowed out Democratic Party and go national.

Sure, it sounds crazy. But examples of Antifa's presence, not in the streets, but now in the halls of government, abound.

Via Instapundit, here's the first one, from the Blaze:

When she is asked if she is "Antifa," [Portland mayoral frontrunner Sarah] Iannarone replied, "Antifa is not anything more than an idea, that's what vice president Biden explained to us. It's people who oppose anti-fascism. And I strongly oppose anti-fascism and I adopt and implement peaceful responses to that. And that is how I describe my position on this issue."

"Donald Trump has decided to make the enemy of groups of people who oppose his bullies and his militia forces," she continued. "But I'm not going to be caught up in that rhetoric because it's false. It creates division in our society. It creates division in our city. What we need is every single Portlander faced in the right direction, saying 'Hate is not welcome here.'"

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: antifa; denver; insurrection; oregon; portland
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To: MtnClimber
Antifa becoming became 'the establishment' in Portland, and Denver several years ago.
21 posted on 10/16/2020 5:56:23 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: maggief

Wearing Communist iconography should be as socially unacceptable as wearing a swastika.


22 posted on 10/16/2020 5:58:08 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Bon of Babble

Neah.
Y’all got it wrong.
Once Antifa is in charge, the chaos and anarchy ends.
The inconvenient ‘lose ends’ disappear (prison or mass graves) and the legalized confiscation and looting begins.
It will be very orderly looting, otherwise the new boss might not get all of his share.
And you can’t say a damn thing against it, because their interpretation of the First Amendment doesn’t protect ‘hate.’


23 posted on 10/16/2020 5:58:19 AM PDT by Little Ray (uan)
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To: brianr10
So she supports Fascism.

Fascists and communists are rivals on the left. She is a communist and I am sure she hates fascists. But, she is calling freedom-loving patriots fascists. Fascists are only a few degrees to the right of communists so there is not much difference between the two to those on the right. When she says she hates fascists what she is saying is that she hates freedom-loving patriots. Ironically, what she is technically saying is that patriots are almost like her which is not true because communism is closer to fascism than individual liberty and freedom. Those who say fascism is far right do not know what they are talking about.

24 posted on 10/16/2020 6:00:15 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber
Fascists and communists are rivals on the left.

Two rabid dogs fighting over the same bone.

25 posted on 10/16/2020 6:01:26 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: MtnClimber
Project Varitos to drop new Colorado video 8:00 mountain.
26 posted on 10/16/2020 6:03:29 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: MtnClimber
It's people who oppose anti-fascism. And I strongly oppose anti-fascism

Hey! I oppose anti-fascism too. Maybe we aren't so different after all.

27 posted on 10/16/2020 6:11:56 AM PDT by riri (All of my heroes are banned from the internet)
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To: MtnClimber
Well...

The Nazi Party became the Establishment in Germany...

Communism became the Establishment in Russia and China...

Socialism became the Establishment in Venezuela...

Pol Pot--whatever you call that--became the Establishment in Cambodia...


28 posted on 10/16/2020 6:19:33 AM PDT by Savage Beast (The left hates President Trump most because he is a truth seeker and is on the Side of the Angels.)
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To: MtnClimber

The radical left has been established in big corporate offices and universities for decades. The cancel culture is much older than most people have wanted to face up to. They’ve allowed men to be individually plucked from their midst and ejected from society millions of times.


29 posted on 10/16/2020 6:21:31 AM PDT by familyop ( "Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy".)
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To: MtnClimber

If Bedin becomes persident, maybe “Escape from New York” was a look to the future.


30 posted on 10/16/2020 6:30:16 AM PDT by Datom69
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To: MtnClimber

“It’s people who oppose anti-fascism.”

Yes, that stupid.


31 posted on 10/16/2020 6:48:35 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (The COVERUP has been going on for over 4 YEARS.)
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To: Savage Beast
Pol Pot--whatever you call that--became the Establishment in Cambodia...

Pretty much just more commies, but with a catchy moniker...Khmer Rouge.

32 posted on 10/16/2020 7:02:07 AM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: MtnClimber

Boy, Denver went down the flusher at breakneck speed.


33 posted on 10/16/2020 7:06:43 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: MtnClimber
What is worse is that well-off suburban women believe this nonsense of "Antifa is just an idea, not an organization".

The percentage of people who have zero exposure to the truth is breathtaking!

Satan is working overtime.

34 posted on 10/16/2020 7:24:17 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no merit in compromising with the Devil.)
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To: Delmarksman

Glad someone else caught that!


35 posted on 10/16/2020 7:25:44 AM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: MtnClimber

What we need is every single Portlander faced in the right direction, saying ‘Hate is not welcome here.’”
Or else!


36 posted on 10/16/2020 7:29:59 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: MtnClimber

Antifa is not anything more than an idea, that’s what vice president Biden explained to us.

Guess how Hitler got elected in 1939.


37 posted on 10/16/2020 9:21:10 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: PROCON; VeryFRank; Clinging Bitterly; Rio; aimhigh; Hieronymus; bray; 1malumprohibitum; Tailback; ..
If you would like more information about what’s happening in Oregon, please FReepmail me. Please send me your name by FReepmail if you want to be on this list.
38 posted on 10/17/2020 6:35:22 AM PDT by Twotone (While one may vote oneself into socialism one has to shoot oneself out of it.)
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