It appears the US congress has just proposed (edited) a bill that declares “Antifa” a terrorist organization.

This doesn’t even make sense as Antifa isn’t an organization, but just a shared name for anyone that self-identifies as a person opposed to and willing to fight fascism 🤦‍♂️

Stay safe out there!

Note: SLRPNK is an EU based service and we are openly Antifa here, and proudly so!

  • RangerJosey@lemmy.mlEnglish
    333·
    3 days ago

    Go for it. There’s no such thing as antifa outside the minds of chuds. There’s no organization. No roster of “members”

    It’s just people who are anti-fascist as a principle. And every living WWII vet.

    • excral@feddit.org
      45·
      3 days ago

      That won’t stop them from branding any opposition as a member of antifa to justify terrorism charges. This is alarming because it is a step in systematically suppressing opposition.

      • laranis@lemmy.zip
        131·
        3 days ago

        Ding ding ding. Winner winner. The fascism playbook requires persecution of an “outside” group. Antifa is a backup if immigrants doesn’t work. Or if they don’t like someone who isn’t an immigrant.

        My money on the first person prosecuted under Antifa-as-a-Terrorist-Org rule: AOC

        Any guesses?

      • GhostedIC@sh.itjust.works
        321·
        3 days ago

        Yeah, such as people going to antifa meetings, people wearing antifa symbols, people posting they support antifa online and then proceeding to join protests in person from an antifa Facebook or discord or telegram group, then starting fires.

        You really think claiming to be a headless organization is just a get out of jail free card?

        • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          91·
          3 days ago

          “I’m a pacifist, I wear pacifist symbols, support pacifism online, and I joined a protest advertised on a pacifist Facebook group.”

          Pacifism isn’t an organization. There are specific pacifist organizations that could individually be targeted, but there’s no such thing as the “pacifism” organization, any more than there’s a general “antifa”.