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JohnnyRingo

(20,220 posts) Thu Oct 9, 2025, 10:54 AM Oct 9

Maybe Antifa should rebrand and use their proper name. [View all]

I hear Karoline Leavitt and others throw around the name Antifa like they're Contra rebels or Sandinistas. Most people don't know what their cause is, just that they're fighting the government and said to be violent. They're freely associating Antifa as a hate group attacking innocent public servants.

It would be altogether different if republicans had to cry that the Anti Fascists have taken over the democratic party. Make them wear their swastikas openly.

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Maybe Antifa should rebrand and use their proper name. [View all] JohnnyRingo Oct 9 OP

i am antifa ret5hd Oct 9 #1

Indeed, and I am Anti-Fascist. JohnnyRingo Oct 9 #9

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Interesting assertions. Torchlight Oct 9 #11

Yes. There are anti-fascists and there are pro-fascists. We are on the correct side. surfered Oct 9 #2

The problem is that "Antifa" doesn't exist as an organization at all. Ocelot II Oct 9 #3

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Enjoy your brief stay. Ocelot II Oct 9 #15

So brief EYESORE 9001 Oct 9 #16

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But the way Trump Inc is playing this will allow them to arrest anyone who disagrees with them just by applying that LT Barclay Oct 9 #22

We Are All Antifa Now! MineralMan Oct 9 #4

I've just started calling the GOP ProFa mdbl Oct 9 #5

Yep. At one point, I came across an online meme... keep_left Oct 9 #13

Or come out of the shadows and become a religious organization bucolic_frolic Oct 9 #6

I am antifa nt mr715 Oct 9 #7

Completely agree. It was a branding mistake. From now on it should be Anti-Fascists. sop Oct 9 #8

Dump the Ninja costumes too gulliver Oct 9 #12

I agree, it's literally "anti-fascist" & we should embrace that term! CaptainTruth Oct 9 #18

Insurrection gfarber Oct 9 #19

Agree. The stupids need to learn what antifa means and where it came from. ancianita Oct 9 #20

The correct name for Antifa is Patriot. hay rick Oct 9 #21

I am Antifa! Be The Light Oct 9 #23

Most magaloons don't even know what fascism is let along the three branches of the US government kimbutgar Oct 9 #24

I have just one question, who is the head of antifa? ashredux Oct 9 #25

Unfortunately, that doesn't stop them from demonizing the movement. JohnnyRingo Oct 9 #31

The right-wing has always preferred "antifa" over "anti-fascist" Mike Niendorff Oct 9 #26

zero benefit to using the word antifa. It sounds stupid, foreign, and has to be explained. thebigidea Oct 9 #27

How the fuck does Dump think he can redefine Antifa? Blue Owl Oct 9 #28

Great cartoon LetMyPeopleVote Oct 9 #29

things really turned around when we... ret5hd Oct 9 #30