"ANTIFA!"
-Donald J Trump, President, United States of America
I don't know if anyone else has picked up on this newest outburst by the President but, at his most recent rally in Arizona, he yelled out this phrase, "Antifa!".
For those who are unaware, Antifa is derogatory phrase used by fascists to describe their opponents. The name is literally short for, "Anti-Fascists"
It also refers to anti-fascist protesters who often fight with fascists during their rallies. I don't condone their violent tactics because, much more damage is done to the left than the right when these people is cause social disruption.
Fascist want a fight, they want a war. Like any fundamentalist movement, they seek a sort of racial and societal purity. Some of these Anti-facsist protesters are happy to bring the fight to them but it is like fighting the race-baiting rich kid at school.
He may be asking for it but,when you throw the first punch, you go to detention and the jerk gets to fight another day.
It must also be said that no members of Antifa organisations have ever driven any cars into peaceful protesters.
To have fascists, wannabe or real, spouting this phrase is expected. They are against anyone who does not believe that they should have sole control of the country or, the Earth (depending on which fascist one is referring to).
However; when the President of the United States says it, we have not just reached a new low standard for his conduct but, we have also reached a disturbing point in his Presidency and American history.
For me, the phrase Anitfa is the same as "Go Fascists!" or sieg heil. It is a phrase meant to embolden fascists and, almost dehumanize those who oppose them. I believe that the fascists want to normalize "Antifa" as a negative word used to describe any opposing member on the left.
These phrases aren't even lightly cloaked like, "Lügenpresse" (Nazi for fake news) or"Cuck" (fascist for cuckold or weak man) this is a brazen embrace of the fascist base that Trump has come to love.
We are now at the turning point. This minor phrase is much more than an off the cuff remark at a rally. It shows that the President of the United States has accepted the ideology of the fascist right wing of American politics wholeheartedly and without reservation.
Usage of fascist terminology is never done lightly.
No leader should be using it.
It is very simple.
YOU DON'T SUPPORT THE FASCISTS!
These fascists are not foolish, like all extremist movements, they understand that they must change and then form the opinions of the American people.
I could have kept out the bad information about the violent anti-fascist protesters but I chose not to go down that route. Our opinions are both formed over time and, often, in a split second. The attempt by the American fascists to demonize anyone who opposes them is part of their insidious plot to harm our country. The violent anti-fascist protesters are not helping matters by giving the fascists what they want but, we should all remember, the people who protest fascism would never have been there if the fascists themselves had not come to terrorize their communities.
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