Who would win? 1 Trump supporter vs 20 masked Antifa
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There have been multiple efforts to discredit antifa groups via hoaxes on social media, many of them false flag attacks originating from members of the alt-right and 4chan posing as members of Antifa on Twitter. Some of these hoaxes have been picked up and reported as fact by right-leaning media.[99]
These include an August 2017 "#PunchWhiteWomen" photo hoax campaign spread by fake antifa twitter accounts.[100] In one such instance, Bellingcat researcher Eliot Higgins discovered an image of British actress Anna Friel portraying a battered woman in a 2007 Women's Aid anti-domestic violence campaign that had been re-purposed using fake antifa Twitter accounts organized by way of 4chan. The image is captioned "53% of white women voted for Trump, 53% of white women should look like this" and includes an antifa flag. Another image featuring an injured woman is captioned "She chose to be a Nazi. Choices have consequences" and includes the hashtag #PunchANazi. Higgins remarked to the BBC that "[t]his was a transparent and quite pathetic attempt, but I wouldn't be surprised if white nationalist groups try to mount more sophisticated attacks in the future".[101] A similar fake image circulated on social media after the Unite the Right rally; the doctored image, actually from a 2009 riot in Athens, was altered to make it look like someone wearing an antifa symbol attacking a member of the police with a flag.[102] After the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, similar hoaxes falsely claimed that the shooter was an antifa "member"; another such hoax involved a fake antifa twitter account praising the shooting.[103][104] Another high-profile fake antifa account was banned from Twitter after it posted with a geotag originating in Russia.[105] Such fake antifa accounts have been repeatedly reported on as real by right-leaning media outlets.[99]
Some of the opposition to antifa activism has also been artificial in nature; Nafeesa Syeed of Bloomberg reported that "[t]he most-tweeted link in the Russian-linked network followed by the researchers was a petition to declare Antifa a terrorist group".[106]
These include an August 2017 "#PunchWhiteWomen" photo hoax campaign spread by fake antifa twitter accounts.[100] In one such instance, Bellingcat researcher Eliot Higgins discovered an image of British actress Anna Friel portraying a battered woman in a 2007 Women's Aid anti-domestic violence campaign that had been re-purposed using fake antifa Twitter accounts organized by way of 4chan. The image is captioned "53% of white women voted for Trump, 53% of white women should look like this" and includes an antifa flag. Another image featuring an injured woman is captioned "She chose to be a Nazi. Choices have consequences" and includes the hashtag #PunchANazi. Higgins remarked to the BBC that "[t]his was a transparent and quite pathetic attempt, but I wouldn't be surprised if white nationalist groups try to mount more sophisticated attacks in the future".[101] A similar fake image circulated on social media after the Unite the Right rally; the doctored image, actually from a 2009 riot in Athens, was altered to make it look like someone wearing an antifa symbol attacking a member of the police with a flag.[102] After the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, similar hoaxes falsely claimed that the shooter was an antifa "member"; another such hoax involved a fake antifa twitter account praising the shooting.[103][104] Another high-profile fake antifa account was banned from Twitter after it posted with a geotag originating in Russia.[105] Such fake antifa accounts have been repeatedly reported on as real by right-leaning media outlets.[99]
Some of the opposition to antifa activism has also been artificial in nature; Nafeesa Syeed of Bloomberg reported that "[t]he most-tweeted link in the Russian-linked network followed by the researchers was a petition to declare Antifa a terrorist group".[106]
Why do Antifa members wear masks, carry weapons, engage in vandalism, violence, and intimidation tactics?
Why are you being supportive of them?
Because he's one of them.
all my life I have been irritated by bullcrapping guys who think the free speech protection we have in America protects them from fellow citizens. The constitution says the GOVERNMENT cannot step in and stop you from speaking whatever is on your mind. otherwise citizens have a unwritten natural right/capacity to rebut your arguments or tell you shut the heck up. the anti fascists groups are NOT taking away from anyone’s free speech where the fascists groups are going to use this protection from government interference until they cancel it for everyone but themselves.
You have this exactly backwards. Antifa are the ones out there violently attacking peaceful demonstrators and speakers. Your apparent position, eg that it's ok to punch someone who may be a nazi, is a recipe for anarchy. Of course, like all on the hard left, you would apply these rules only to one side. If a rightwinger touches a Marxist, it's a serious matter that will be prosecuted vigorously.
well sir I wear a cattleman hat every day but if I met you wearing a nazi uniform just feel free to think I'm a marxist when I'm killing you.
Hahahahahahaha
One MAGA dude throwing down against ten limp wristed libs in head and body armor.
Bigly respect
Hahahahahahaha
One MAGA dude throwing down against ten limp wristed libs in head and body armor.
Bigly respect
so being against fascism is for libs only now?