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In reply to the discussion: Opinions on "Antifa"? [View all]fishwax
(29,149 posts)There are almost certainly some in the broad collection of groups and individuals who might be considered antifa who personally enjoy and seek out violence and violent confrontation. It's perfectly possible and reasonable to distinguish between that approach/orientation and antifa as a whole.
As an example: a couple dozen people gathering together near, say, a synogogue or an African-American church, while carrying nazi flags and shouting nazi slogans is a show of force and a threat of violence. A couple dozen people who respond to this by forming a barrier between the nazis and the object of their attack, wearing black clothes and perhaps brandishing sticks or other makeshift weapons, is also a show of force and a threat of violence. But they are not morally equivalent actions, and to pretend that they are is to cede the moral high ground.