Rather than another critique of Antifa what I'd like to see is a credible alternative plan for defeating contemporary fascism.
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I wouldn't say that it's a failure of politics. Rather, it reveals things about large numbers of Americans which are awful & hard to accept.
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Trump ran as an open racist and bigot. His racism and bigotry were basically his platform. A wall. Religious bans. If he could have run
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Trump is POTUS & refuses to forthrightly condemn white nationalism. Bannon & Gorka are in White House. Normal politics hasn't stopped this
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Normal politics hasn't been able to stop grotesqueries )nuclear brinksmanship, flirting with racism) we see now. Where does that leave us?
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Not to be glib, but fighting in the street is pretty well known in American history.
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It *is* a failure, because our "normal" politics rely on a person's willingness to act in good faith, on behalf of all Americans.
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Currently, we have a faction of people in power who care not one whit for the commonweal.
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But there is no alternative. Right? What's "abnormal politics"?
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