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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy Trump/Miller/MAGA/Republicans have chosen "Antifa" to go after.
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— Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) 2025-10-10T14:07:00.630Z
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Why Trump/Miller/MAGA/Republicans have chosen "Antifa" to go after. (Original Post)
applegrove
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OAITW r.2.0
(30,737 posts)1. Antifa is a state of mind. You know, anti-fascism. Hard to fight an idea.
AntiFascist
(13,680 posts)2. Trump is simply following in his idol's footsteps...
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Following the Reichstag fire Hitler used this episode to convince President Hindenburg to declare an emergency decree suspending many civil liberties throughout Germany, including freedom of the press, freedom of expression, and the right to hold public assemblies. The police were authorized to detain citizens without cause, and the authority usually exercised by regional governments became subject to control by Hitlers national regime.
Almost immediately, Hitler began dismantling Germanys democratic institutions and imprisoning or murdering his chief opponents. When Hindenburg died the following year, Hitler took the titles of führer, chancellor, and commander in chief of the army...
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/how-did-adolf-hitler-happen
Following the Reichstag fire Hitler used this episode to convince President Hindenburg to declare an emergency decree suspending many civil liberties throughout Germany, including freedom of the press, freedom of expression, and the right to hold public assemblies. The police were authorized to detain citizens without cause, and the authority usually exercised by regional governments became subject to control by Hitlers national regime.
Almost immediately, Hitler began dismantling Germanys democratic institutions and imprisoning or murdering his chief opponents. When Hindenburg died the following year, Hitler took the titles of führer, chancellor, and commander in chief of the army...
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/how-did-adolf-hitler-happen
He's just waiting for his Reichstag Fire.
IcyPeas
(24,392 posts)3. Yup. All the No Kings protesters will be called ANTIFA.
Are the goons going to show up at the next NO Kings protests and arrest us all? should we wear ANTIFA tee shirts?
Anyone who dares to disagree with trump is ANTIFA
AntiFascist
(13,680 posts)4. Please spell it out on the t-shirts...
too many people probably don't understand what antifa is an abbreviation for and associate it with rioting.
applegrove
(128,699 posts)5. Mike Johnson said that Democrats were bullied into supporting the no kings
March by communists, antifa et al.
edbermac
(16,353 posts)6. Just another Epstein distraction

ultralite001
(2,103 posts)7. Bogeymen...
Simple as that... Fear is a great motivator...