Them: "Antifa are violence loving extremists" Me, an 'antifa': *develops deep repertoire of nonviolent skills to use before any violence*
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What if the aggressor is backed against a wall? What if you're lost? What if your phone is dead?
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What if the aggressor is a state actor, like a cop or a soldier? What if the person refuses to let themselves be transport to a hospital?
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What if there's media nearby? What if they're having a panic attack?
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^ Over the course of August 11 and 12 I encountered almost all of these scenarios. And in the lead-up I trained for many of them.
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You wanna preach non-violence? $50 says you don't even fucking know how to *do* non-violence.
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Just yesterday, in a country I've never been in before, I recognized a domestic situation in a language I don't even speak and intervened.
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Everyone else walked by and would have let violence happen. Yet I was able to intervene non-violently and de-escalate.
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This is what antifa does. This is what community defense is. Anyone trained would have recognized what I was doing.
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On a12, during the terrorist attack, I was right there. I knew it was an attack, I knew he might even start shooting.
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I even unholstered my gun in case that happened. But I didn't point it, I saw there was no clear shot, I saw him speed away instead.
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So I re-holstered it, ran to the police and told them to call an ambulance, and helped clear the streets. Violence as last resort.
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If I was a violent extremist, I would have unloaded my clip, consequences be damned. I was ready to if I had to. But I didn't. That's NVDA.
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