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White liberals hate antifa because they're a clear example of what they can do to fight white supremacy. And it makes them uncomfortable.
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Two years ago I wrote how the ill-informed liberal attacks on antifa uphold white supremacy. Might be time to dig it up.
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It's just wild to see white journalists show more support to a racist who wants me dead than journalists of color with an anti-racist lens.
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When there's video, everyone wants more context and information before making conclusions.. But only if it confirms that oppression exists. When footage upholds our current white supremacist structures? No one questions. It's easier, more comfortable for white people to process.
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I wrote this in 2017, but sadly still relevant. If you're denouncing antifa as an organization, you're buying into fascist propaganda and upholding white supremacyhttps://medium.com/@wagatwe/how-liberal-attacks-on-antifa-uphold-white-supremacy-5b59c0333357 …
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i think white liberals struggle with antifa because it challenges their ideas of what acceptable violence is. they're more comfortable with systemic violence against vulnerable people, but when a "respectable' fascist who literally wants me dead gets punched, it's too much
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All the people willing to trust racist, lying fascist's words more than any person's account of racism makes me think of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s on the white moderate who cares more about order than justice.pic.twitter.com/Yf3rR6wsh9
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