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A look at the violent anarchist group Antifa
CNN ^ | Jake Tapper

Posted on 08/19/2017 4:30:00 AM PDT by TigerClaws

Antifa is short for anti-fascists. It was one of the groups confronting white supremacist protesters in

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: antifa; antifaviolence; cnn; jaketapper
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The first story CNN has ever run on ANTIFA.
1 posted on 08/19/2017 4:30:00 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws

Hmmm—normal folks are making a Dem/Antifa/BLM connection.

The Dems don’t like it.

And the normal folks don’t like fools trying to remake the history of America.

Pass the popcorn—this is going to get good.


2 posted on 08/19/2017 4:32:41 AM PDT by exit82 (The opposition has already been Trumped!)
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To: TigerClaws

Another article on ANTIFA:

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/noam-chomsky-antifa-is-a-major-gift-to-the-right/article/2631786

Regarding the main story, is CNN now admitting that there were ‘many sides’ in Virginia last week?


3 posted on 08/19/2017 4:33:00 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: exit82
-- normal folks are making a Dem/Antifa/BLM connection --

Straight to the communists, worldwide.

Fellow by the name of Mark Bray is making the rounds on the networks, advocating for the group. The press is giving antifa free advertising and promotion.

4 posted on 08/19/2017 4:37:21 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: TigerClaws

being attacked himself made a believer of this guy didn’t it ???

mugging of liberal -> Instant Conservative


5 posted on 08/19/2017 4:40:59 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: TigerClaws

Aren’t these the peeps who lost to Franco?


6 posted on 08/19/2017 4:41:02 AM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: TigerClaws

Still don’t understand why they call Spencer’s group “white supremacists”.

That would imply that they believe that whites should rule over all others.

What Spencer clearly said on ABC today is that he advocates a white homeland - didn’t say anything about non-whites living there and him ruling them.

He is clearly a white nationalist, or white separatist if you will.

In what way is this remarkable?

China, Japan, Korea, India and virtually all of Africa are ethnostates that people vehemently defend as “theirs” to the exclusion of all others.

It’s hilarious that when whites advocate this it’s termed “supremacy”.

And what does Antifa terrorize for? Anarchy? Do they do that in Beijing? Pyongyang?

Nah. We all know the answer: what they really want is a hardline, stone faced Communist state where they occupy the top by ruthless, murderous force.

So who’s the real supremaicists?


7 posted on 08/19/2017 4:41:53 AM PDT by Regulator
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To: TigerClaws

Knock me over with a feather. Can’t believe CNN did this report, unless it is a type of recruiting video.


8 posted on 08/19/2017 4:43:39 AM PDT by WeWaWes (When I look in the mirror I see an elephant—a bad ass elephant)
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To: TigerClaws; All

This story is running months after ANITFA rioted at the inauguration. Months after they rioted at Milo’s Berkley speech.

The CNN promo for it says, “Their main goal is disrupting neo-nazis and white supremacists, seeking peace through violence.”

PEACE THROUGH VIOLENCE?

And who is a Nazi? Anyone with whom they disagree.

The story also ignored the Soviet symbols used by the group. Ignored they’ve been deemed a terrorist organization by other countries. Ignored they’re mostly an all-white organization (ironically).


9 posted on 08/19/2017 4:46:09 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws

Snake Yapper ALERT!


10 posted on 08/19/2017 4:51:33 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: TigerClaws

As I mentioned above, I suspect this is CNN’s attempt at making a recruitment video for AntiFa.


11 posted on 08/19/2017 4:53:38 AM PDT by WeWaWes (When I look in the mirror I see an elephant—a bad ass elephant)
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Bill Ayers was advisor to President Obama. There’s long been an acceptance of political violence by Democrats. “Any means necessary.”

Democrats no longer debate. They resort to name calling and violence. They live in an information bubble and this echo chamber allows them to believe anyone who disagrees with them is the “second coming of Hitler.”

This is a violent group who, were they on the political left, would have already been deemed domestic terrorists. They advocate violence and admit they cover their faces so they can commit crime. Seems ripe for FBI infiltration and conspiracy charges.

This is one of the “many sides” that rioted a week ago and was there strictly for violence.

You can be opposed to ANTIFA and neo-Nazis. That isn’t the political spectrum available to us.

Note: I do not personally advocate white separatism or white homelands and don’t judge this thread or me based on comments.

This is a favorite tactic of leftists. Judge an entire board or website based on the COMMENTS section. Seen them do it with Breitbart.

I do support free speech and the right to expression. If some group from any political side wants to march let them.

What I see are riots again and again caused by ANTIFA and other groups against mainstream conservatives like Coulter, etc.

BLM has been given over $100 million by the Ford Foundation and other left leaning sources. What does BLM do with that money? Who is paying them and why?

Democrats are trying to astro-turf a real movement of the people. The Tea Party and Trump’s election mobilized people because they were motivated to act. All Democrats have are big money donors who fly people around the country to riot. We saw that with the Trump paid protestors and, I suspect, are seeing it again with ANTIFA.


12 posted on 08/19/2017 4:55:58 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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I can’t see the harm in signing this petition to classify Antifa as terrorist organization.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/formally-recognize-antifa-terrorist-organization-0


13 posted on 08/19/2017 4:57:22 AM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: TigerClaws

CNN also ignored the fact that Antifa got its start as a socialist/communist rival to the Nazis in 1930s Germany. They use the same tactics as the Nazis did because they were competing for the same followers.

Supporting Antifa because it is anti-Nazi is like supporting the Crips because they aren’t the Bloods. In reality, they’re all bad.


14 posted on 08/19/2017 4:58:02 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: exit82

duh cnn who wears masks and carries bats etc.?????


15 posted on 08/19/2017 4:58:43 AM PDT by barbarianbabs
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To: Regulator

I agree the MSM , as usual, has manipulated and many on the right jump through their hoops.


16 posted on 08/19/2017 4:59:13 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: TigerClaws

And what about those “Nasty Women” in pussy hats?


17 posted on 08/19/2017 4:59:55 AM PDT by Religion and Politics (It's Morning in America)
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To: WeWaWes
NBC is going to give a promo for antifa on "Meet the Press" tomorrow. Mark Bray is a scheduled guest, pimping his new antifa book.

Mark Bray August 16, 2017 interview on NPR
Everyday Anti-Fascism in the Era of Trump by Mark Bray

18 posted on 08/19/2017 5:00:07 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: exDemMom

Stalin was anti-nazi


19 posted on 08/19/2017 5:01:45 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: WeWaWes

It was, overall, a puff piece that seems to try to make it look like these people are justified in their violent tactics to shut down everyone they disagree with. They certainly didn’t try to emphasize that Donald Trump was right.

Just enough truth to make their lies more believable.


20 posted on 08/19/2017 5:02:15 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping list.)
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