SalamendaciousNov 25, 2023

FBI Labels Anti-Fascists and Anti-Racists as Violent Extremists

https://lemmy.world/post/8746608

FBI Labels Anti-Fascists and Anti-Racists as Violent Extremists - Lemmy.World

A recently released Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) document titled “Domestic Terrorism Symbols Guide”* links common protest symbols to “terrorism” — another marker in a common theme of conflating militant protest for social justice with deadly terrorist violence within the United States. Groups like the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Brennan Center have raised warnings about such documents, citing inadequate protections for people’s constitutional rights.

Show threadagitatedpotatoNov 25, 2023
I refuse to believe those groups are terrorist organizations because the CIA has never armed them.
Show threadZorqueNov 25, 2023
Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if there were syops to radicalize anti-fascist groups to make them less appealing to the masses.
Show threadPM_Your_Nudes_PleaseNov 25, 2023
This is essentially my pet conspiracy theory about Alex Jones. He was a plant by the CIA, to make all conspiracy theorists look absolutely batshit crazy. By having him peddle the extreme theories right alongside the “these are a little too close to reality, and the people are getting dangerously close to figuring it out” theories, they’re able to discredit those accurate theories. Because now they don’t need to attack the individual theory; They can just attack the face of conspiracy theories.
Show threadZorque
Anti-fascists aren't conspiracy theorists, though, they're just people who oppose fascism.
Nov 25, 2023 at 9:00pmWeb
Show threadagent_flounderNov 25, 2023
What utter monsters. /s
Show threadhumorlessrepostNov 25, 2023
I prefer udder monsters.
Show threadirreticentNov 26, 2023
Kinky.
Show threadhumorlessrepostNov 26, 2023
Only if they get bent at too sharp an angle.
Show threadpeopleproblemsNov 25, 2023

Which is funny

I’m now a violent extremist because I am anti-facism.

Show threadcaptainlezbianNov 26, 2023

But are you willing to fight for it? Maybe take up arms, defend your friends and neighbors, or even travel the world to resist fascism wherever it arises?

Labeling antifascism as violent extremism isn’t new, it’s a way that Americans were punished for fighting fascists in other countries before we went to war with them like in Spain.

Show threadpeopleproblemsNov 26, 2023
You better believe it. If I don’t defend my friends and neighbors when they need it, who will defend me when I need it?
Show threadfosforusNov 26, 2023
Anti-fascists aren’t a single thing.