More seriously (and while recognizing that snarky left twitter is not the same as "the left" tout court), there is a problem in the way 1/?
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2/? people have reacted to Antifa. Political violence and more broadly resistance to oppression has a role in American history...
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3/? that can't be ignored. However, even supporters of Antifa would do well to acknowledge the taboos that exist for some around violence...
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4/? and seek to explain and persuade to people of other political inclinations why this kind of political violence is important, and...
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5/? also why people who may find Antifa's other politics antithetical should support or at least not fear them. This is more productive...
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6/? than current approaches, which seem to vacillate either between "Ugh liberals think Antifa and Nazis are the same" or something...
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7/7 only slightly more sophisticated, "if you don't support Antifa you probably wouldn't have supported anti-segregation sit-ins."
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Replying to @tweetsintheME
How was that not sophisticated? It included primary sources, careful language, logical steps. This is Twitter!
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Replying to @emptywheel
Shaming readers in advance for uncertainty is not something I see as a good or helpful persuasion strategy.
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I thought it was a good rhetorical approach: probably got some people to read it.
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