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One more step toward authoritarian wet dreams.

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[–] S_H_K@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 2 days ago (6 children)

As an Uruguayan this gives me a weird feeling. The dictatorship regime here started cause "the need to quash communist terrorists" called MLN or Tupamaros at the time they where revolutionaries at the time but they served more as an excuse, even the Che Guevara warned them at the time. The military repression and overthrow techniques where learnt in the school of americas that now goes by a different name. And you can see how the parallelism happens in the whole region. The scene is very alike and one would dare to think shit gonna be sadly worse on such an influential country. If anything in time you'll learn the meaning of the phrase

Nunca más...

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[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Understood. I will not oppose Fa. I still, however, oppose Fascism.

We need to stop instantly panicking over "Donald Trump declares ..." headlines. He can declare that pigeons are spies sent by Martian aliens. He has no qualifications to say so, nobody intelligent should be paying attention, his zealots will still follow his orders, and it doesn't matter.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 11 points 2 days ago

Him getting the normalcy of calling opponents terrorists is still a reason to panick regardless of him being a moron who declares stupid shit.

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[–] irelephant@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

It's really easy to be a member of antifa, all you need to do is criticize the fascists.

[–] Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 days ago

About as useful as the War on Drugs, or Anon. There's no leader, or organizational structure, but they'll find someone to pin it on. I imagine there's already a board with strings of people they hate ready to go.

[–] TipRing@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My grandfather was an antifa. Sadly, he isn't around to show this administration how they did it last time.

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[–] jaredt@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 days ago
[–] HalfSalesman@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If Antifa even was a terror organization in the US it would be one of the most ineffectual ones in existence given the state of the US.

What a fucking joke.

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

this is a good sign, as it means antifa will win this war just every like every other war on ideas the US has waged. US is 0 for 2 against Drugs and Terrorism

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[–] don@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 days ago

Proud Boys? Nah bro, they homies! – also trump regime

[–] DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 2 days ago

We all know the Trump regime is the real domestic terrorist organization. Go give more dark money to superpacs that will make the world better.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Says the extremist domestic terrorist organization currently occupying my country.

Edit: yes where ARE the Epstein files?

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[–] Inucune@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"so are you a 'explode something' terrorist, or 'Shares a meme that hurt someone's fefe's' terrorist?"

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[–] apenstaartje@lemmy.cafe 12 points 2 days ago

armed standoffs with law enforcement

The Bundy clan and Republic of Texas are antifa?

[–] JubJubBird@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

OK so is he even allowed to do that? And if he isn't are government agencys required to comply with his order until it is overturned?

[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No and no. But that's only in the legal/technical sense.

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[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh no, they're going to raid aintifa's home address!

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[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Oh boy I sure hope that this is what helps the economy, lowers the price of groceries, gas, and housing. So much winning everywhere!

[–] Caffeinated_Sloth@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ok serious question and this is by no means an equivalency, but did the Biden admin classify the Proud Boys and Oathkeepers as terrorist organizations? I can’t remember.

[–] Sprocketfree@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No, the list is pretty short. They fucking should be though.

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[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

What a dunce. Does that idiot not even realize--- wait, ofc he doesn't. Antifa isn't a group, it's an idea. The idea is that we hate fascists. By declaring this "group" terrorists is basically saying HI I AM A FASCIST POS. 🖕🤬🖕

[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 9 points 2 days ago (6 children)

For all the warmongers here who think it's fine for the government to boost military spending and dump billions on "defense".

Good luck.

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[–] TuffNutzes@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Raids on VFWs across the country forthcoming.

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