Against fascism? Terrorist
Against Trump? Terrorist
Pro-LGBT? Terrorist
Pro-free speech? Believe it or not, terrorist
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Against fascism? Terrorist
Against Trump? Terrorist
Pro-LGBT? Terrorist
Pro-free speech? Believe it or not, terrorist
This is going to lead to an escalation of political violence.
If something as nebulous as antifa is "terrorist", then it's easy for anyone to be classified as a terrorist. See also what is going on in the UK with Palestine Action. But instead of embarrassed unarmed bobbies doing the arresting, in the US it will be masked, unidentified goons, mirroring ICE practices. So that lowers the threshold to drop into a "homo sacer" category that can be basically shot on sight. Which means, more people will have nothing to lose. Which means more political violence.
Oh, he learns from the israeli despot.
First they came for the communists <- You are here.
Can't wait for everyone he doesn't like to be branded antifa.
Who runs Antifa, trump? WHO FUCKING RUNS ANTIFA???
NOBODY DOES, YOU SHIT-BRAINED FUCKWIT
When he brings in a random political enemy and dubs them "antifah'z leadurr" and literally nothing changes, his dumbass dickriders will still cheer and party while their freedom continues to erode. They get to blame the most absurd reasons spoonfed to them from daddy propaganda and we have to live with knowing it's their goddamn fault this happened.
Thanks for reading my rant.
That's the point.
It's a anyone that don't want around. Label them antifa and now you can do everything the law allows with terrorists and worse.
Antifa is anyone or anything the Führer wants to disappear.
He's Facist and AntiFa is short for Anti-Facist
Makes sense from his fantasy version of the world.
Can't wait for him to fall asleep in public and not wake-up
Trump Jnr was on some show a few days ago explaining how Antifa stands for Anti-Fascist but that they’re using the tools of fascists and are become fascist themselves.
This is how they will explain it to the sheep in red hats
Anyone protesting or says anything mean again him from now on = antifa
and he wouldn't be wrong if these people are well, anti fascist.
just a way to criminalize resistance with a swift handwave.
This is what a lot of commenters are missing. This might be the most dangerous part.
I hate this country. I hate having been born here. I hate the fact fascism is on the rise. I hate that people are openly embracing it again. I hate that I have to consider leaving everything for a less shit country. I hate almost everything.
Which country are you thinking of moving to?
Antarctica
Probably my favorite line in Lower Decks is from Shaxs.
PAH-WRAITH: You can snap my neck, but what will you do against all your victims? All the Cardassian warriors getting their revenge.
SHAXS: They weren't warriors. They were occupiers!
If you're against fascism, you're now an enemy of the state.
Better start doing Nazi things to hide your true anti-fascist terrorist feelings, so you don't get arrested!
That says more about Trump, than anything else.
He's pro-fa
Without the "pro"
Gosh. I hope the antifa chief doesn't get fired.
If you can declare a non organization a terrorist organization, you can also claim that anyone you don't like is a member.
This is deliberate
It wasn’t immediately clear what mechanism Trump would use
This is true for nearly everything he's done so far. Yet, he just keeps doing them.
Keep em coming.
Uncle-fa banning antifa. Hah.
Guess someone that isn't right-leaning have to be blamed for the assassinations and the far-right sure as hell won't have anything coming at them.
They’re also planning on banning big foot
Unnecessary lens flares are antifa? Good to know.
That’s fine, I’ve designated conservatives as terrorists.
They’ve legit already done that themselves
Is he legally able to do that?
I’m sure the republicans will give him carte blanche here, but I’m wondering if there’s any minimum bar to declare a group a terrorist organization.
Is he legally able to do that?
Has that stopped him before?
Yes, but only like 1.5 months later if the courts rule against him
It's a pretense to shake down nonprofits with any connection to defending our rights. Open their books and make a mountain out even the slightest mistakes. Scare opponents into inaction.
Does an organization named Antifa even exist?
No, that's the sweet part - everyone and everything can now be designated 'anti-fa' as the state desires!
I guess it's possible someone somewhere made an organization, but I can't find one with my very lazy googling.