A reader referred me to this poster, which he says he found on Twitter:
I was suspicious at first, because of the misspelling of 'propagation' and the lack of other sources. However, Emerald City Antifa is a real organization; their Web page is here. They look to be another in the same old, same old line of violent left-wing and progressive organizations who are intolerant of free speech and free association.
I haven't previously encountered sentiments such as this from any of the Antifa organizations, so before I condemn them out of hand, I'd like to be sure. Can anyone confirm whether this poster is real, and whether it expresses the known views of Emerald City Antifa? Seattle readers? Anyone?
Please let us know in Comments.
Peter
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On the ECA Facebook page, someone posted the same image and ECA denied it was theirs or that it reflected their position.
Wow, somebody trying to start a war between Antifa groups and BLM, maybe?
Comments on the ECA page suggests that it was made by a troll.
However, the misspellings of words is in line with what was observed by antifascist terrorists in Berkeley...
This is a clear example of Poe's Law. Poe's Law says that it's impossible to do a straight-faced satire of a fundamentalist belief without "spoiling" that it's satire, because you will always find someone who actually believes what the satire believes.
It's fairly easy to believe that this could be a ECA poster, because we all know that there are or could be members of the ECA who actually believe this position. If the poster is meant to be satire, then it's hard to tell it. If it's a false flag, it's a very very good one.
I find it fascinating how anti-fascist organizations generally organize in exactly the same tactics and political stances that Lenin, Mussolini, and yes, the German nationalists who cannot be named because of a certain other law, used to justify their power grabs. Leftist groups are notorious for using other leftist groups as justification for getting in power (Mussolini and the German fascists used the Communists as a scapegoat, etc.).
First I've heard of Antifa, not even sure WTF "alt-right" really is, and if Milo is in it or not. If you attempt violence on me or mine, I will end you. That I understand....
Antifa is a violent organization indistinguishable from the fascists they claim to oppose.
Antibubba
"There are two kinds of fascists: fascists and anti-fascists."
-- Ennio Flaiano, journalist and co-creator of several infamous Italian plays and movies
Here's an oped on it from December 2016
http://www.dailyuw.com/opinion/article_f9ce3836-bdbe-11e6-a6a8-abe3aee3c665.html
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