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Whatever happened to antifa?
« on: February 18, 2025, 06:08:52 pm »
Whatever happened to antifa?
Far-left violence may have subsided — but don’t hold your breath
By Andy Ngo
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Since the 2024 presidential election, America has been braced for violence from the political far-left — and with good reason. Extremists like antifa, the “anti-fascist” group, are explicitly aggressive. They think looting, arson and intimidation are all acceptable, and until very recently they’ve had the support of the establishment. For a decade their liberal allies gave antifa carte blanche to cause criminal damage in the name of “resisting fascism” or opposing racism. So where is antifa now? What is it planning? It’s an understandable concern.

The citizens of Portland remember all too well the bouts of rioting and violence by Black Lives Matter-antifa in November 2016, when Hillary Clinton lost to Trump. More than a million dollars in damage was inflicted on just the first night. In the run-up to the 2024 election, Portland residents assumed the worst and began to board up their shop fronts and leave town.  ...

Antifa’s decline can also be explained in part by liberal buyer’s remorse. Some who chose to endorse BLM in 2020 were shocked and chastened when several leaders of Black Lives Matter groups were convicted of fraud and money-laundering, and were revealed to have spent millions on luxury homes in Los Angeles and Toronto.

Liberals across America might still call Trump a racist but they remember how their own neighborhoods were occupied and set on fire.  ...

Antifa may have experienced setbacks, but Americans are right to still be concerned. There’s evidence to suggest that it hasn’t given up so much as changed its tactics. Instead of organizing large riots where it risks being charged with conspiracy, the plan now is for a few individuals to commit unpublicized, targeted attacks. If an attack is successful, antifa will then claim responsibility. ...
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Re: Whatever happened to antifa?
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2025, 05:42:03 am »
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the plan now is for a few individuals to commit unpublicized, targeted attacks. If an attack is successful, antifa will then claim responsibility. ...

Sounds like a terrorist group to me.
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Re: Whatever happened to antifa?
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2025, 06:33:22 am »
Far left groups mix and blend back and forth... There was the couple that were radical leftist just a few weeks ago that bought a Fire Truck and went into California and set fire/stole stuff.... Just the other week the two that shot the border patrol fellow were found to be transexual vegan radicals that killed about 6 people (you will not hear about them being mass murderers because it doesn't fit the MSM profile enough to garner much news coverage)...

https://www.newsweek.com/who-are-zizians-radical-trans-cult-ties-border-agent-killing-2024308

Deeper article here: https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2025/02/18/the-murder-of-a-border-agent-on-inauguration-day-keeps-getting-weirder-and-weirder-n4937072
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Re: Whatever happened to antifa?
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2025, 09:30:04 am »
still out there

Justice Is Back: Antifa-Style Punk Allegedly Sprays Paint at Trump Supporter's Eyes, Looks Terrified as Cops Nail Him

 By Michael Schwarz
  February 18, 2025

https://twitter.com/i/status/1891610088130883700
https://www.westernjournal.com/justice-back-antifa-style-punk-allegedly-sprays-paint-trump-supporters-eyes-looks-terrified-cops-nail/?ff_source=redirect
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Re: Whatever happened to antifa?
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2025, 09:46:03 am »
BLM/Antifa is probably watching how Homan is dealing with his border issues, and the uptick in public opinion against coddling criminals.  Might not be as easy this time.
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Re: Whatever happened to antifa?
« Reply #5 on: February 19, 2025, 09:49:32 am »
Too damned cold for Antifa. 

You could blow a rotator cuff hurling bricks and frozen water bottles
...or slip on some black ice running from the cops.
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Re: Whatever happened to antifa?
« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2025, 10:16:38 am »
"It aint what you don't know that kills you.  It's what you know that aint so!" ...Theodore Sturgeon

"Journalism is about covering the news.  With a pillow.  Until it stops moving."    - David Burge (Iowahawk)

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Re: Whatever happened to antifa?
« Reply #7 on: February 19, 2025, 10:17:16 am »
Too cold.  Playing video games in parents' basement.
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Re: Whatever happened to antifa?
« Reply #8 on: February 19, 2025, 03:49:47 pm »
BLM/Antifa is probably watching how Homan is dealing with his border issues, and the uptick in public opinion against coddling criminals.  Might not be as easy this time.
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Re: Whatever happened to antifa?
« Reply #9 on: February 19, 2025, 06:16:01 pm »
Rent-A-Mobs don't work when the rent's no longer paid...

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Re: Whatever happened to antifa?
« Reply #10 on: February 20, 2025, 04:08:18 pm »
I predict they'll do something like this in the US.

https://twitter.com/AmichaiStein1/status/1892664754436501666
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