Comment on FBI Labels Anti-Fascists and Anti-Racists as Violent Extremists
masquenox@lemmy.world 10 months agoBut confronting fascists is good optics for them.
Absolutely not.
Anyone who believes that understands nothing about fascism at all. The pretense of “unopposable strength” is literally the only reason they will show themselves in public - if you don’t oppose it forcefully they win by default.
A news article covering a bunny of dudes waving nazi flags
The media will happily ignore fascism. After all, the rich media bosses know who it is that will protect their precious private property for them, just like all the rich people do… that is why they fund fascists - there is no such thing as “grassroots fascism”. The fact that antifa’s resistance meant they couldn’t is literally one of the reasons the US’s secret police is now seeing antifa as a threat to the status quo.
Ignoring fascism is no different than ignoring climate change - doing so doesn’t make it go away.
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 10 months ago
What do you think was more optically advantageous for the left, a bunch of patriot front idiots getting arrested just for marching, or antifa and the proud boys brawling?
We’re not at the point of civil war. Optics are still more important than punching them.
masquenox@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Showing the fascists - and their spineless “centrist” allies - that they will face real opposition in the streets. When the fash start marching, that is the only optics that matter.
Arrested by whom? Their KKK and neo-nazi allies you optimistically call “police”?
You don’t have to believe me, Clyde… you can hear it straight from a neo-nazi, too.
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 10 months ago
npr.org/…/patriot-front-white-supremacist-arreste…
Yes.
masquenox@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Sooo… you’re just going to conveniently ignore [this.]
And this.
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And, surprise, surprise, this.