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Should Antifa be considerd a domestic terrorist group?

TexChik · F
Yeah, since they are the militant wing of the democrats
Zonuss · 41-45, M
How about White makes who shoot up schools or have mass shootings in public ?
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DonaldTrumpet · 70-79, M
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Thinkerbell · 41-45, F
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Budwick · 70-79, M
Yes!
I saw how that reporter got attacked.
Where are the police?
QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
@Budwick It has something to do with your selective outrage, of course.

Andy Ngo got exactly what he's been trying to get for years. I'm shocked it's taken this long. Antifa are... slow, it seems.

@GunSmoke9 [quote]If one believes in free speech, they believe it no matter who is saying it.[/quote]
Oh no freeze peach 😂
Budwick · 70-79, M
@QuixoticSoul Your friend Mark went down this angry path you're on.
He got suspended last week.
I'm gonna do you a favor, and ignore you for awhile.
We'll see if you get any smarter.
Good luck.
I think you'll fail.
But I'm pullin for you!
QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
@Budwick You've got this wrong - you're angry. I am merely amused. But toodles, cupcake 👋
cunningcrocodile · 31-35, F
YES. I've just been posting about this on my Facebook. Brutally attacking an innocent homosexual asian and an old man. They are losers with violent tendencies who want an excuse to be violent and to feel they are actually doing something with their life, so they larp and cause damage to other people.
Ryannnnnn · 31-35, M
@cunningcrocodile usually spoiled middle class kids turned nihilistic cowards/bullies. They wouldn't know actual facism if it goose-stepped up to them.
cunningcrocodile · 31-35, F
@Ryannnnnn Yes, they were told by their parents and teachers how amazing they were, how they are going to be the next president. Then they get hit with the real world, no one cares about them, so they kick up. They are definitely the bullies, the cowards, and dare I say it - the fascists.
Northwest · M
Does ANTIFA have a web site, or something? Like ISIS or the KKK or David Duke or that guy running for the Senate in Alabama?
Budwick · 70-79, M
@Northwest [quote]I'm saying that there is no such thing as a verifiable ANTIFA[/quote]

They were all over the news yesterday.
Are you blind?
I'm sorry - are you visually impaired?
QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
@Budwick Either you're playing dumb, or antifa's organizational techniques actually did break your brain 😂
Northwest · M
@QuixoticSoul 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
They are and have been shown to be violent and anarchistic. No, they're not altar boys or boy/girl scouts, they're a violent bunch who, on not agreeing with others' views create mayhem wherever they can.
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Well, a recent article in the NY Post, saw it differently, a complicit mayor in Portland, a beaten and brain injured journalist, and apparently a lack luster demonstration by the Portland PD to stop the attack on the journalist. Their (ANTIFA) violent behavior has NO place in this nation, nor would any other group, who not agreeing with a given political party openly resorts to violence https://nypost.com/2019/07/05/its-time-for-a-federal-civil-rights-intervention-in-portland/@calnative
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
Yes, they got the devil in them.
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SW-User
When in doubt, look it up....

[quote]terrorism noun
ter·​ror·​ism | \ ˈter-ər-ˌi-zəm \
Legal Definition of terrorism
1 : the unlawful use or threat of violence especially against the state or the public as a politically motivated means of attack or coercion
2 : violent and intimidating gang activity
street terrorism
[/quote]

Source:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terrorism

Based on the dictionary definition, the answer is yes.
Zonuss · 41-45, M
@SW-User Bam. You have to understand that these Trumptards cannot read. 🙂
SW-User
That’s unfortunate, because this is probably one of the rare instances where Trump people probably agree with me. @Zonuss
From what I can tell, ANTIFA only exists at the level of crowd swarming in a few select cities. Outside of that I think they are just a collective fear.

I mean if bona fide white supremacists, racialists, anti-federalists, anti-queer, anti-whatever groups don't qualify as hate or terror groups but rather alternative political views-- I can't see ANTIFA as anything different....
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@pagandad Well. There are a couple layers to this.

One of them is whether damaging property and attacking people is, in itself, "terrorism". The legal precedent seems to answer "no" to that.

Arrest them? Throw them in jail? Sure.

Call them terrorists? Sure. I'm game.

But then I have a nice long list of others to join them.
QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
@pagandad The media isn’t hiding anything, and antifa will be the first to tell you that they are out to disrupt, ahem, “European Chauvinists” and make it more difficult and dangerous for them to organize. This is what they do, and they will freely admit that they’re breaking the law. Like it is for many proponents of civil disobedience, that’s even the point.

This isn’t even new, it’s been like this since the 1930s.
SW-User
They should be considered a bunch of entitled, privileged twats.
GunSmoke9 · 56-60, M
@SW-User More dangerous than that.
SW-User
@GunSmoke9 I would be happy for them to be classified as extremists and/or a hate group, with all the restrictions that brings.
QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
@SW-User There isn't an organization to classify as extremist. Antifa is a set of tactics more than anything else.
Anopenheart · 51-55, M
only if you first define the "Proud boys" as one...
QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
@Anopenheart Neither are terrorist organizations. They're just groups out to engage in political street violence. Have a sense of proportion folks - LARPing fight club assholes are not the same thing as the Oklahoma city bombing or 9/11.
Anopenheart · 51-55, M
exactly... @QuixoticSoul
SW-User
@Anopenheart @QuixoticSoul Yup. Both are in the same league. Which is not terrorism.
SW-User
They don't commit acts of terrorism, so I'm going with a "no."
GJOFJ3 · 61-69, M
@SW-User actually they wear mask and attack people, that is committing acts of terror
DonaldTrumpet · 70-79, M
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AbbeyRhode · F
Without a doubt. That should have happened two years ago.
Ryannnnnn · 31-35, M
Yes, and they should be treated as such.
SW-User
No. Antifa are just some young people who engage in street violence. They are not out there mowing down nazis with their car or setting off a bomb in a parked car where there is a crowd of people.
easterniowegin · 51-55, M
They are certainly beyond a basic 1st Amendment protest group.
No one has rights that infringe on others' rights. They don't seem to understand that.
It is way overblown in a very shrill attempt to create a false equivalency with the nazi tiki torch brigade.
GunSmoke9 · 56-60, M
@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow This isn't the first time, won't be the last.
@GunSmoke9 Pretty sad when we live in a world that is looking to provide cover for fascist and national socialists.
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GJOFJ3 · 61-69, M
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That group of tinkbells that always are beat up and given wedgies... yeeeeah they’re nothing to be afraid of... To laugh at though, yes
Anti fascist?
That’s what my dad was in WW2.
That’s the default position in society?
Yes. Their sole purpose is political agitation and violence.
Jackaloftheazuresand · 26-30, M
No, they should be considered a gang
QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
@Jackaloftheazuresand They're not organized enough to be a gang.
QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
Lol no.
Djac17 · 22-25, M

 
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