Bad branding doesn’t help. Saying the full words “anti-fascist” makes it clear what is being talked about. Antifa is pithy but to people who don’t know, it sounds like a shady terror organization.
My personal theory is that claiming antifa is bad allows them to imply that fascism is good without directly saying it, conditioning their base to accept all the face eating as just a cost of rooting out the wicked terrorists.
Why is antifa always the devil in those sorts of communities?
Because they’re fascists.
Hmmmmmmm I wonder why someone would single out anti-fascists as an enemy. You could say they’re anti-antifascist
Because they are FA
Bad branding doesn’t help. Saying the full words “anti-fascist” makes it clear what is being talked about. Antifa is pithy but to people who don’t know, it sounds like a shady terror organization.
My personal theory is that claiming antifa is bad allows them to imply that fascism is good without directly saying it, conditioning their base to accept all the face eating as just a cost of rooting out the wicked terrorists.
I may be giving them too much credit, though.
That’s what I think, if you’re anti antifa you’re somewhat pro fascism
Because it’s a useful narrative to demonize protest against the government.