Originally Posted by Sunset Poet
If antifa turns out to be an organization that is financed to go out into the street and physically disrupt and assault LEO, then they are criminals.
TBD

Wrong answer. If ... if ... if... If you are against fascism, you are pro antifa. There is no antifa organization in the US. There never was. The election 2020 wasn't rigged either, even though Trump still says it was. He says it was rigged and you're still waiting to see what he turns up, like with antifa. He's looking for reasons to go after his political opposites. Period. The name “Antifa” is short for “Antifaschistische Aktion” (Anti-Fascist Action), which originated in Germany in the early 1930s. It was first used by the German Communist Party (KPD) in 1932 as the name of a militant, left-wing movement that opposed the rising Nazi Party and other fascist groups. The symbol of two flags (red and black) inside a circle, which is still associated with antifa today, also comes from this original organization. After World War II, variations of the term and the ideas behind it resurfaced in Europe, especially in West Germany in the 1980s with autonomous, anarchist, and leftist groups that revived the name “Antifa” as part of their anti-fascist and anti-racist activism. In the United States, the name “antifa” (borrowed directly from the German term) started being used more broadly in the 1980s–1990s among punk, skinhead, and anarchist subcultures opposing neo-Nazis, and then it became widely recognized in the 2010s. Marty... I would like to say something now, but I won't. I'll stay polite and cordial, just like you said we should. Have a great night.

Last edited by Rob B.; 09/18/25 08:11 PM.