No Stupid Questions

Because maga are human and they have similar capabilities to us.

For example, I know you know that they are often draped in Christianity, patriotism, etc. Does that mean we're all anti-christian and anti-american? We see right through their camouflage.

They learn to associate us with certain labels. And then they learn new labels in the context of labels they've internalized. Antifa means a bunch of things that mean a bunch of things that mean a bunch of things.

Everyone (pretty much) agrees that fascism is bad, but Antifa is a movement that means more than anti fascism. Antifa is branding or marketing in the same way that the anti defamation league is, or like the patriot act put a certain spin on a bill that stripped privacy rights from citizens. Groups use branding to gain power and aren't all encompassing as to their motives or actions. In the case of antifa it's less of an actual organization and more of a rallying cry that gets used for a wide variety of people with different motives, and it's detractors point to a wide variety of actions or intents (real or imagined) when criticizing it.

So look. That's like asking why people are not Libertarians. A name is just a name. Everyone knows this. Actions matter a lot more.

I'm not American but Dutch, but our far-right government also really hates Antifa so the answer is probably similar.

1. Antifa is anti-fascist, yeah. But the name is most often not used by all people who are anti-fascist but rather by a rather extreme subgroup of people who have a tendency to escalate protests into riots. They often seem to fight for something good, but not really with the means that are approved by the more centre-leaning average people.

2. Both MAGA and the Dutch far right are also a bit fascist, although MAGA is more advanced in that regard, so they probably don't really vibe with anti-fascism anyway. It's all populist politics. They outlaw the "scary left-wing terrorists" to both vilify the left and show their voters that they care about law and order.

I think this sub may be wrong. There are some stupid questions.

Antifa is a misleading name, just like "The Democratic Republic of North Korea"

They might be Anti -Fascist, but it's not that simple, IMO they tarnish the name

Holy fuck that is practically impossible to read. It's like something I would expect to see in grandma's facebook circles, not from an alleged former teacher.

If you're looking from sense from maga folks you're not going to get it, if you want to hear from voting liberals you will get your confirmation, but yeesh. There are, I believe, three questions buried in there and I can't even bring myself to join the search party.