Post #3518398

2026-07-01 19:56 UTC

I just looked this up. Why are anti-fascists now looked at as terrorists? Isn’t it good to be against fascism? I am a little confused at this whole thing. Could someone explain in layman’s terms.

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@mika_mika@lemmy.world 2026-07-01 20:01

antifacism seeks to disrupt the status quo. their messaging could be anything, national socialism wasn’t actually socialism. people don’t believe we are under fascist rule. all they see is a group of individuals seeking to disrupt the status quo and rock the boat which is analogous to terrorism. Hope you weren’t just being willfully ignorant, as understanding the mindsets of people who aren’t terminally online is important to actual change

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@TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 2026-07-01 20:02

When the government is openly facist they label anti-facists as terrorists.

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@AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 2026-07-01 20:02

At the risk of sounding glib, but I’m completely serious, the US state is fascist. It’s not about good or bad, it’s about the state cracking down on its opposition. And it’s not just now. Opposing fascism ‘too early’ in the ww2 period before the US joined the war, say, by supporting the leftists fighting in Spain would get you targeted for repression in the purges of the 50’s we call ‘the red scare.’

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@FatVegan@leminal.space 2026-07-01 21:26

Not if you are a fascist country.

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@Ophrys@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-07-02 05:16

Because the usa is a fascist state

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