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1. jachee+c5[view] [source] 2020-06-02 01:05:50
>>headal+(OP)
I'm seeing false accusations of Antifa starting violence all over the place. It's the right-wing's boogieman-du-jours, and likely false-flag representation at best.

Edit: Downvoters– tell me why you're downvoting this?

Why would Antifa purposefully take actions that would deliberately cause an armed police response to otherwise-peaceful protests?

Edit 2 since I can no longer post responses: Clearly the misinformation campaign continues alive and well here on HN. Dare to defend those with less privilege and get downvoted to hell.

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2. p1neco+46[view] [source] 2020-06-02 01:13:15
>>jachee+c5
The right uses 'Antifa' as a catch all term for anyone on the left doing anything they don't like. It's a meaningless label, but not enough people get that.
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3. downer+H7[view] [source] 2020-06-02 01:25:53
>>p1neco+46
There are definitely people who proudly identify as "Antifa". And a pretty good number of them are what one might generically describe as agitators (at least).

If nothing else, they seem to be the douchebags defacing war memorials.

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