tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post1992713814058559449..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: What Is Antifa?Stuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-62223452965381411892017-08-17T06:07:23.460-07:002017-08-17T06:07:23.460-07:00Iac, on statues, it is tricky. How do you memorial...Iac, on statues, it is tricky. How do you memorialize you're history without idolizing one point of view. The south apparently still has grievances for being invaded 150 some years ago. How do we heal that shame? Does honoring southern generals? There certainly are some military tradition of honoring rival leaders who behaved with honor. <br /><br />I agree this should be open for discussion and maybe balance can be found. Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-55250079756612436682017-08-16T20:18:38.693-07:002017-08-16T20:18:38.693-07:00Let's get rid of all statues. Problem solved.Let's get rid of all statues. Problem solved.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-2851413388608306452017-08-16T19:56:27.579-07:002017-08-16T19:56:27.579-07:00Maybe we should get rid of Civil War battlefields,...Maybe we should get rid of Civil War battlefields, too. They have statues of Confederates. Wouldn't our understanding of history be better if we pretended it didn't exist? That way no one would be offended. It'd be like a national UNDO button.Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-71201078871649558842017-08-16T17:45:04.151-07:002017-08-16T17:45:04.151-07:00IAC, now tell us what you really think!IAC, now tell us what you really think!Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-81609564682785006512017-08-16T16:06:41.349-07:002017-08-16T16:06:41.349-07:00Really, in the end, the "antifa" think t...Really, in the end, the "antifa" think they're anarchists, but they're really collectivists who are angry they can't do anything with their lives. In the end, they echo collectivist values, which means the that they don't know what they're talking about. They're claiming to be anarchists, but they're really collectivists. They want the same things as the skinheads, but it's with different colors and symbols. Like the Islamists, it's a game of "Submit or die." So it's one big, happy family. The antifans are pseudo-intellectuals with degrees in victimology. They want a participation trophy, but instead tear down monuments of people long ago who actually accomplished something. Yes, Robert E. Lee accomplished something. That's what they hate. Lee's memory lives on, while these thugs will die in obscurity. The antifa may not like it, but Lee had more men who loved him when he died than the antifa ever will. The antifa are playing war. Lee lived it. These collectivist "anarchists" are at war with a bogeyman who only shows up when they look in the mirror. Yes, THAT is the image of hate. It's no different than being a skinhead. An anarchist seeks to live for himself, but I'll bet if you polled all these kids, they'd tell you they think Zuckerberg's idea of universal income is pretty nifty. Well, you need a pretty sophisticated institution apparatus to send out all those checks. I thought you were an anarchist...Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-22168730691845226682017-08-16T15:51:12.830-07:002017-08-16T15:51:12.830-07:00The word fascism is almost invariably ill-defined,...The word fascism is almost invariably ill-defined, and always pointed outward. The traditional right/left political spectrum is anarchism on the end of extreme individualism, and communism is extreme collectivism. All others are meaningless distinctions and confuse nomenclature. The Nazis were actually totalitarian collectivists (NSDAP). If you want to say there was a lot of nationalism so as to make fascism appear distinct, then you have to lop the Stalin-era Soviets in that corner because it was equally totalitarian with a similarly nationalist bent. People try to say communists and fascists are different, but the means, controls and results are identical. Progressives and _____ supremacists are both ideologically collectivist. So, for the sake of conversation, you want to say fascists are nationalistic totalitarian collectivists, then fine... after all, that descriptor sounds so much more sinister, which makes it perfect for today's Sports Center news media. They're eating it up.<br /><br />What we're witnessing is an assertive ideological "anti-fascist" movement that is just as fringe, just as bizarre, just as scary, and just as fascist as the KKK/Nazis/alt-right groups they claim to oppose. These "antifa" eruptions are not promoting individual freedom of thought or speech. Nay, they want to stop certain people from gathering to speak and think in certain ways. It's a movement that certainly doesn't feature a lot pluralism, save the plurality of costumes, hair colors, tattoos and weaponry. These eruptions are well-organized and well-funded. They aren't "counter-protests," they're well-choreographed riots. For them, it's a war.<br /><br />This is the face of direct action today: Occupy ___, Black Lives Matter, Robert Creamer, Soros-funded groups, etc. Like the media, they define their allegiance not as much by what they promote or are for, but rather their opposition to what they despise. In claiming to hate hate, they are seeking outlets to express their own hate and rationalize it as "social justice." They're driven by hate and fear, recruiting unemployed humanities graduates who look at the rent-a-mob as their "posse." Their recruits need only demonstrate anger and hate looking for a purpose, and they are welcomed as useful idiots. It's just another Jeremy Christian who's merely chosen a different collectivist belief system. James Fields is James Hodgkinson. <br /><br />These "antifa" people don't really care much for Western Civilization. And this isn't really a distinction, because they don't really care for much of anybody or anything. They're anarchists -- it's call about them and their struggle against all human institutions and standards. They're not creators, they are destroyers. They hate what love, commitment, industry and creativity produce. They are so self-loathing that they can't think straight. They hate humanity. They've stopped thinking amidst all the despair and hopelessness they have about the human condition (which does not apply to them, of course). They don't hate Islamism because they hate their own culture more. After all, if the Muslims are unhappy, it must be our fault. Mean people suck (read: other mean people, not them). <br /><br />The "antifa" is rooted in therapy culture. It comes from this idea that all ideas are good and worthy, and all people are equal and deserving of what they want. It's self-evidently nuts. Such beliefs ultimately breed anger and discontentment as young people walk innocently into the realities of human society -- realities they are ill-prepared for because they have been raised in an ultra-protected petting zoo. No wonder they're pissed. This is a culture of narcissism and entitlement, and we see it weaponized on the streets of America in the form of the "antifa." We can't say "anti-fascist" because the Twitterverse says that's one syllable too many. Let's just call them what they are: thugs.Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-81322690336420841772017-08-16T14:11:26.860-07:002017-08-16T14:11:26.860-07:00Seems like a fair summary. Militant direct action ...Seems like a fair summary. Militant direct action to fight the good fight attracts people who have trouble with the subtleties of reality, perhaps in good mirroring of their target offenders.<br /><br />And social justice whatever its virtues appears easily coopted by this ideology. Its scapegoating pure and simple - project your own vices onto others and see if they'll carry it for you.<br /><br />Neo Nazis have offensive ideas, but they're just ideas. And I have little evidence public silencing works. It just pushes people tighter into their corners.<br /><br />I have to conclude it should be illegal to cover your face in a protest or demonstration. Mobs have enough anonymity already.<br /><br />Myself I all almost feel I need to identify my worst prejudices and express them openly to test what free speech is still free.Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-7870633724998936642017-08-16T10:24:33.397-07:002017-08-16T10:24:33.397-07:00Which is more threat? I say it's the Ctrl-Lef...Which is more threat? I say it's the Ctrl-Left:<br /> http://www.scifiwright.com/2017/02/ctrlleft/#more-17841Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-66165298639789359002017-08-16T09:42:39.130-07:002017-08-16T09:42:39.130-07:00Antifa in Germany are supported financially by the...Antifa in Germany are supported financially by the Social Democrats (SPD) and JUSO, their youth organisation. There are special tariffs for attending a protest and bonuses for carrying a placard. To date, only one Antifa-person has been charged with crimes committed during the riots in Hamburg at the time of the G20 summit - where cars went up in flames and stores were looted by masked Antifa from all over Europe. Olaf Scholz, mayor of Hamburg is a long time member of the SPD and a former Vice President of the International Union of Socialist Youth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com