Ok, listen up kids. The anti prefix is not a negative. So double anti is not the same as no anti. Let’s give an example.
A gun is a device intended for self defense. So you can call it an anti-murder device. If you are anit-gun, therefore anti-anti-murder device, it does not mean you are pro murder. You may be anti-murder and still believe there are too many disadvantages to a gun.
So you can call it an anti-murder device.
Yes, but you can also call it a murder device. So when you say “anti-gun” and follow your logic we don’t know if you’ve meant you’re anti-defense or anti-murder. The ambiguity exists because of how you framed your example by attaching an inconsistent purpose for the gun.
The same ambiguity does not exist for anti-fascist.
The same and obvious inconsistent purpose for guns does not apply to fascism, which is why your example with guns is a poor example.
Similarly,
See how it works just as well as “negation” so long as you don’t attach an inconsistent purpose or meaning to what you’re negating?
You can certainly go ahead and assign inconsistency to antifa to make the point that anti-antifa is not equivalent to pro-fascism, but that really has nothing to do with the meaning of the anti- prefix.
If you are anti-anti-guns, you accept guns.
Except the word accept does the heavy lifting here. Accepting guns does not mean you are a gun owner. It does not even mean you believe people should own guns. All it means is you don’t believe they should be banned or (heavily) regulated.
The ambiguity can exist when people have defined “antifa” as a group that takes violent acts to oppose fascism. It could be interpreted as “Please don’t shoot nazis in my streets, because I have to get to work”.
Still, I find the cartoon funny, and I have a better counter for any statement about antifa: “Name one.”
I have a better counter for any statement about antifa: “Name one.”
I can’t name any individual, but it’s the same for fascism
Most of it comes from my personal experience, where basically anything was called fascist. I blame it on a few individuals, but it was a pain
“Don’t agree with our view of life and economy, you’re a fascist!” stuff like that. Those people fuck up the meaning of antifa
The same ambiguity does not exist for anti-fascist.
You would be surprised (or not) to learn that this is false
Dam ipitco
Why are you so focused on defending fascists in this whole thread
When did I do so exactly? Criticizing anti-facists doesn’t mean defending fascists
fascists can go fuck themselves
fascists can go fuck themselves
Congratulations, you are antifa.
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