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Jim Bliss
Kevin RussellLeader of Antifa.
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Odradek@JimBliss carrying some hard hitting arguments to the market (garden) of ideas
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Toni Aittoniemi@JimBliss I see Barbara Streisand’s house has been starting to do the rounds!
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enoch_exe_inc@JimBliss The true antifascists—the anarchists, socialists, communists, and trade unionists who were the first targets of the Nazi SA—were the real #Antifa. They were the ones fighting on the streets of Berlin in 1932, not on D-Day in 1944, because that’s when fascism could still be fought. By the time the militaries of other empires intervened, it was already too late; the German left, along with millions of others, had already been massacred, imprisoned, or exiled.
@JimBliss I do not want to wait until my country has been taken over by fascists to start fighting back. The first battles should be happening now, in the streets, in the courts, in the hearts and minds of people. Sadly, like it was last time, these are battles that liberalism is fundamentally unequipped to fight because it refuses to acknowledge the enemy until it is too late.
@enoch_exe_inc I'm in complete agreement.
As I say, I was making a simple point with a single image. Suggesting there's a sad irony that those who once fought against fascism are now embracing it.
I was not suggesting we *should* wait until the mobilisation of armies is required.
@enoch_exe_inc I'm aware. But at a time when the U.S., led by a dangerous buffoon, is declaring "antifa" / anti-fascism to be akin to terrorism, it's worth reminding people that countless soldiers in the uniform of that same country once died violent deaths to fight the fascist dictators of the 20th century. That being "antifa" was - until recently - an unambiguously good thing.
The image is to make that point in a blunt way. Not to offer a nuanced history of the rise of European fascism.
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@home@enoch_exe_inc yes and i still think this post is correct in pointing out the irony that the army of the United States that once fought the fascists now has a commander in chief that considers antifa to be a terrorist organisation.
@betalars @enoch_exe_inc You can fight against fascism and still not be an antifascist. Captain America is a fictional example; almost all the other Allied forces (except the Soviet Red Army) are real-life examples. The Western Allies fought the Axis, not fascism as an ideology; and WWII was a geopolitical war fought against the rival imperialist forces of the Axis, and not a moral crusade.
@betalars @enoch_exe_inc If it were otherwise, the French, for example, would not have immediately tried to re-establish their colonial empires in Vietnam and Africa. It sucks to be invaded, occupied, and have your culture and identity slowly erased—but clearly, the Western Allies didn’t learn their lesson or even understand what fascism was and went right back to doing civilising missions.
@enoch_exe_inc yeah that's actually a valid point. Imperialists fighting fascists is probably more of a McDonalds fighting BurgerKing situation.
@betalars @enoch_exe_inc Yeah, the Western Allies weren’t really opposed to fascism; they were only upset they didn’t get to be the ones to do it.
Nantucket Lit@JimBliss My grandfather did more to fight fascism in one day on June 6, 1944 than I'll probably accomplish in a lifetime. I will still try, though.
🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 🐧 🥦@JimBliss I'm more interested in Antifa 2025 now that the fascists have arrived.
Noodlemaz@Methylcobalamin @JimBliss they've been here for ages. You just weren't paying attention
@noodlemaz @JimBliss I used to hear of things they did years ago, but they have been noticeably absent in fat hitler's second term.
@Methylcobalamin @JimBliss I was talking about the fascists
@Methylcobalamin @JimBliss oh but I see you're a Zionist so never mind
@noodlemaz @JimBliss I'm not a Zionist. You seem like you are looking for a fight so I will leave this conversation now. I'll let you have the last word.
MoppiTerrorist assault of a peacefully Nazi beach
tyil@JimBliss I didn't know the allied forces went around hitting civilians with bike locks
YendoloschAllow me to refer to my "violent Antifa" sticker:
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Attached: 1 image Spät dran, aber das schwirrt seit ein paar Monaten in meinem Hirn rum: #DDay #OperationOverlord #OmahaBeach #Antifa #AntifaSticker #NazisRaus #FckNzs #AntifaStickerBot #AntifaStickers
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Christian Meesters@JimBliss this. Printed and framed. As a next present to Mr. Trump at the next meeting of EU "partners". Presented in public, of course.
Will our esteemed leaders have the guts?
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sutaio@JimBliss Near-death experience