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Noam Chomsky: Antifa is a 'major gift to the Right'
Washington Examiner ^
| August 17
Posted on 08/17/2017 8:23:14 AM PDT by deplorableindc
The left-wing "Antifa" movement is rising in prominence after clashing with white supremacists in Charlottesville, Va., but one progressive scholar says the anti-fascists feed the fire they seek to extinguish.
"As for Antifa, it's a minuscule fringe of the Left, just as its predecessors were," Noam Chomsky told the Washington Examiner. "It's a major gift to the Right, including the militant Right, who are exuberant."
Many activists affiliated with the loosely organized Antifa movement consider themselves anarchists or socialists. They often wear black and take measures to conceal their identity.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: antifa; charlottesville; chomsky; noamchomsky; theleft
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To: deplorableindc
“take measures to conceal their identity”?
It’s called a MASK.
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08/17/2017 10:24:37 AM PDT
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subterfuge
(Save the monuments!!)
To: ETL
What a stupid philosophy. Unions run the country ? Lol.
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posted on
08/17/2017 11:06:50 AM PDT
by
justa-hairyape
(The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
To: deplorableindc
The problem is that enough of these “minuscule fringe” are all entrenched in the educational institutions indoctrinating more leftist drones.
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posted on
08/17/2017 11:10:43 AM PDT
by
bar sin·is·ter
(Climate Scientology - another example of science fiction morphing into a religious cult)
To: shhrubbery!
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posted on
08/17/2017 1:43:28 PM PDT
by
mylife
(the roar of the masses could be farts)
To: Mariner
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08/17/2017 1:46:47 PM PDT
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mylife
(the roar of the masses could be farts)
To: DoughtyOne
That is the way I read it.
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posted on
08/17/2017 1:53:38 PM PDT
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mylife
(the roar of the masses could be farts)
To: deplorableindc
To: mylife
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08/17/2017 9:17:22 PM PDT
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DoughtyOne
(Exempting Trump and his team, our media and government have adopted the Zoolander management style.)
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