To suggest at this point that terms like oblivious, contradictory, or hypocritical can be applied to the domestic terrorist group Antifa would require using another term — redundant. The group of queers, punks and outcast, along with their violent cop hating black allies all claiming it's doing the noble work of beating back the Nazi scourge in this country has been consistently the source of the very acts and behavior it says it has been charged with defeating.
Today in Washington D.C. has been no different. The reason for the gathering is to serve as a counter-protest to an organized free speech rally. “They want to use this opportunity to weaponize free speech!” Nothing better to see than groups opposing something and displaying a functional ignorance of the issue over which they are upset, saying something akin to “We don’t like how they use free speech!” bears some similarity to Orwellian language.
Better still is that in the areas where Antifa members have been permitted to organize they are distributing flyers with listed rules they want to enforce on anyone from the media. Soak that in: at a rally where people are calling for free speech the group that pledges to combat oppressive forces is dictating what the press will be forbidden from doing.
They want to forbid any members of the media who will not agree to their terms from entering the area where they are organized. A cute stipulation, considering they had to obtain a permit in order to congregate on what is public property.
The third entry is especially precious. They imply that anything filmed against their will can be used in court, because they worry something incriminating could be recorded and will strive to obtain that footage through subpoena.
How does anyone not laugh at a group that calls itself “Anti Fascist” while it attempts to employ stridently fascistic techniques? Today they are marching in the streets of D.C., claiming the streets belong to them, and they create vandalism in their wake. Attempting to silence the media during a free speech rally only deepens the humor these thugs generate in their attempt at being taken seriously.
(RS)
(Weasel Zippers)
Today in Washington D.C. has been no different. The reason for the gathering is to serve as a counter-protest to an organized free speech rally. “They want to use this opportunity to weaponize free speech!” Nothing better to see than groups opposing something and displaying a functional ignorance of the issue over which they are upset, saying something akin to “We don’t like how they use free speech!” bears some similarity to Orwellian language.
Better still is that in the areas where Antifa members have been permitted to organize they are distributing flyers with listed rules they want to enforce on anyone from the media. Soak that in: at a rally where people are calling for free speech the group that pledges to combat oppressive forces is dictating what the press will be forbidden from doing.
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They want to forbid any members of the media who will not agree to their terms from entering the area where they are organized. A cute stipulation, considering they had to obtain a permit in order to congregate on what is public property.
The third entry is especially precious. They imply that anything filmed against their will can be used in court, because they worry something incriminating could be recorded and will strive to obtain that footage through subpoena.
How does anyone not laugh at a group that calls itself “Anti Fascist” while it attempts to employ stridently fascistic techniques? Today they are marching in the streets of D.C., claiming the streets belong to them, and they create vandalism in their wake. Attempting to silence the media during a free speech rally only deepens the humor these thugs generate in their attempt at being taken seriously.
(RS)
(Weasel Zippers)
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