Thanks. It’s certainly an obscure term, but not meaningless. And whatever one thinks of Antifa, they’re not defenders of liberal democracy.https://twitter.com/wycats/status/944613060735516673 …
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Replying to @seanilling
I think that's quite true. I just expected the interview to trigger more debate along the lines of "why should we be in favor of a group that doesn't believe in liberal democracy fighting fascists" aka "why isn't this just Stalin fighting Hitler all over again"
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Replying to @wycats @seanilling
You have to take a look at the economic history of liberal democracy to understand many of the participants in antifa action skepticism of it. Leftists tend to reject the traditional notions of private property that govern the relationship between gov and it’s people.
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Replying to @Jeffrey_Baird @seanilling
I understand the skepticism but I think it's also legitimate for people to want political actors to work in terms of the political system we have. It's also fine to say "no thanks" but at that point a lot of people will have trouble seeing why they're the good guys. L
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I've said before that I appreciate the need for people to counter protest Nazis, and also that such protests should be prepared to tussle and get violent (it's a Nazi counterprotest!). But that's a moral calculus from the perspective of liberal democracy.
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