Any liberals here a member of antifa??

[outsidethebox]

Be honest, if you're a member you should be proud to admit it.

[TakeYouToTasker]

7 minutes ago, westside said:

Be honest, if you're a member you should be proud to admit it.

 

They wear masks for exactly the same reason the Klan does.

[Deranged Rhino]

28 minutes ago, westside said:

Be honest, if you're a member you should be proud to admit it.

 

With two or three exceptions, the liberals/lefties/democrats that find their way down here aren't prog-fascists. They carry the water for some of that messaging unknowingly, but they aren't violent fascists looking to spread terror. The majority are well intentioned, and reasonable in terms of discussion (if they aren't triggered, or caught in the crossfire of trolling usually caused by the gators/birds/garys of the board). 

 

I would like to think most of the liberals on the board would treat Antifa the same way as most of the conservatives on the board would should they ever meet them in the street. They don't represent liberals anymore than the Klan represents conservatives (imo).

[US Egg]

30 minutes ago, TakeYouToTasker said:

 

They wear masks for exactly the same reason the Klan does.

 

......cause they're ugly ?

[TakeYouToTasker]

11 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said:

 

With two or three exceptions, the liberals/lefties/democrats that find their way down here aren't prog-fascists. They carry the water for some of that messaging unknowingly, but they aren't violent fascists looking to spread terror. The majority are well intentioned, and reasonable in terms of discussion (if they aren't triggered, or caught in the crossfire of trolling usually caused by the gators/birds/garys of the board). 

 

I would like to think most of the liberals on the board would treat Antifa the same way as most of the conservatives on the board would should they ever meet them in the street. They don't represent liberals anymore than the Klan represents conservatives (imo).

 

I would echo this sentiment.

 

I've only ever seen one poster down here parrot Antifa rhetoric directly.

 

Most lefties here, just as in every day American society, are good people who simply believe differently, and are currently being gaslighted by entrenched elements of the Deep State who are lashing out in a last ditch effort to protect themselves as they go through their death throes.

 

4 minutes ago, I am the egg man said:

 

......cause they're ugly ?

 

On the inside.

Edited July 9, 2018 by TakeYouToTasker

[Azalin]

2 hours ago, Deranged Rhino said:

 

With two or three exceptions, the liberals/lefties/democrats that find their way down here aren't prog-fascists. They carry the water for some of that messaging unknowingly, but they aren't violent fascists looking to spread terror. The majority are well intentioned, and reasonable in terms of discussion (if they aren't triggered, or caught in the crossfire of trolling usually caused by the gators/birds/garys of the board). 

 

I would like to think most of the liberals on the board would treat Antifa the same way as most of the conservatives on the board would should they ever meet them in the street. They don't represent liberals anymore than the Klan represents conservatives (imo).

 

This.

 

1 hour ago, TakeYouToTasker said:

 

I would echo this sentiment.

 

I've only ever seen one poster down here parrot Antifa rhetoric directly.

 

Most lefties here, just as in every day American society, are good people who simply believe differently, and are currently being gaslighted by entrenched elements of the Deep State who are lashing out in a last ditch effort to protect themselves as they go through their death throes.

 

 

And this as well.

 

I would also add the obvious - if your cause requires you to wear a mask, a hood, or otherwise conceal your identity, then you're probably engaging in contemptible behavior.

Edited July 9, 2018 by Azalin

[Tiberius]

On the advice of council I decline to answer that question

[Foxx]

2 hours ago, TakeYouToTasker said:

 

They wear masks for exactly the same reason the Klan does.

paid agent provacatuers?

[TakeYouToTasker]

Just now, Foxx said:

paid agent provacatuers?

 

Morally small cowards who lack the conviction to be the face of their own arguments.

[3rdnlng]

31 minutes ago, Tiberius said:

On the advice of council I decline to answer that question

No, Gleeful Gator, you have the stupidity of an Antifa member but I just can't see you leaving your mother's basement and putting yourself in a position to stub a toe.

[Rob's House]

I thought most liberals would disavow this awful behavior but from what I've seen most double down on it. I see a lot of rationalization and excuses, but no calls for civility. 

 

The excuses fit into a few categories:

 

1. Some random people on the right did something uncivilized so I'm going to impute those actions to the right as a whole and behave just as badly as the worst among them.

 

2. They called us snowflakes so we're calling for violence and harassment. 

 

3. I attribute Trump supporter's motives to racism, racists are subhuman scum (unless they're racist against whites, then they're wonderful) and deserve to be treated this way. In fact, to show a modicum of civility would be to enable Hitler. Trump is building concentration camps and planning a holocaust, Socialism works, and capitalism destroyed Venezuela. 

 

Ultimately, most of the rank and file are proving to be the hateful, closed-minded, violent, sadistic facists they think they oppose. But it's ok because they have the right intentions.

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

4 minutes ago, Rob's House said:

I thought most liberals would disavow this awful behavior but from what I've seen most double down on it. I see a lot of rationalization and excuses, but no calls for civility. 

 

The excuses fit into a few categories:

 

1. Some random people on the right did something uncivilized so I'm going to impute those actions to the right as a whole and behave just as badly as the worst among them.

 

2. They called us snowflakes so we're calling for violence and harassment. 

 

3. I attribute Trump supporter's motives to racism, racists are subhuman scum (unless they're racist against whites, then they're wonderful) and deserve to be treated this way. In fact, to show a modicum of civility would be to enable Hitler. Trump is building concentration camps and planning a holocaust, Socialism works, and capitalism destroyed Venezuela. 

 

Ultimately, most of the rank and file are proving to be the hateful, closed-minded, violent, sadistic facists they think they oppose. But it's ok because they have the right intentions.

 

This. I've heard more that one "reasonable" progressive back the likes of antifa because they're "fighting nazis."

 

[LB3]

1 hour ago, Azalin said:

 

This.

 

 

And this as well.

 

I would also add the obvious - if your cause requires you to wear a mask, a hood, or otherwise conceal your identity, then you're probably engaging in contemptible behavior.

Exactly. I'm not ashamed of being a Bills fan at all.

[IDBillzFan]

30 minutes ago, LBSeeBallLBGetBall said:

Exactly. I'm not ashamed of being a Bills fan at all.

 

There is no reason to ever be ashamed of being a Bills fan.

 

There was a time, yes, but any genuine sports fan who knows anything about the NFL knows we carry our Bills fandom as a badge of honor.

[outsidethebox]

Why don't you hear the moderate liberals calling out antifa? I guess they must condon it? All the sensible lefties on this board shouldbe outraged about their behavior! Funny how you don't hear a peep out of them! 

I guess they aren't so moderate as they claim to be.

[/dev/null]

7 hours ago, I am the egg man said:

 

......cause they're ugly ?

 

7 hours ago, TakeYouToTasker said:

On the inside.

 

Ugly to the bone

[ALF]

Antifa is too off the rails to even comment on , like the alt right. Just hope the law enforcement can keep these fringe groups in check.

[DC Tom]

1 hour ago, ALF said:

Antifa is too off the rails to even comment on , like the alt right. Just hope the law enforcement can keep these fringe groups in check.

 

You know who else was too off the rails to even comment on?

 

The SA.  

 

And the Antifaschistische Aktion - one of the paramilitary organizations under the German Communist Party in the '30s.  And, given the German preference to abbreviate everything, also known as "Antifa."

[Rob's House]

3 hours ago, ALF said:

Antifa is too off the rails to even comment on , like the alt right. Just hope the law enforcement can keep these fringe groups in check.

I see mainstream conservatives denouncing the "alt-right" all the time. Can't say I see the same from the left wrt antifa and the like. In fact, all I hear are excuses.

 

It's funny that the right's fringe keeps being equated to the left's base to draw a false equivalence. 

[Azalin]

9 hours ago, LBSeeBallLBGetBall said:

Exactly. I'm not ashamed of being a Bills fan at all.

 

If I see someone wearing a ski mask at a Bills game, I'll be sure to introduce myself.