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StillIRise1963 | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 Did you ever think you'd have to describe yourself as an anti-fascist in 2023.🙄
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215e5b2d | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @3967703f 
Right?
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eae81440 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @3967703f I guess it depends on what you mean by “ever.” It hasn’t really surprised me since November 2008
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92e032f4 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @3967703f NOPE
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ce60bb02 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @3967703f I did not but I am very proud to declare that I'm an anti-fascist. I love that the other side doesn't get when they negatively call us antifa that they are admitting they are fascists. I mean, I know these are not bright people they believe the orange shithead afterall but still...
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73da5346 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @3967703f When first becoming aware of antifa, I was stunned. How could anyone not be anti-fascist? But I had relatives in Germany who had been Nazis even though I didn't know that when I spent time with them there. You can't tell from appearances. Even within my own living family, I can't be sure of a couple of them...
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5ed0f3c8 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @3967703f Yes, I've actually long thought that shit like this would come along in my lifetime. The only part I've been surprised by is how suddenly it escalated.