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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"There's a chance you can be labelled Antifa by law enforcement simply because you are protesting"
Celeste Headlee ✔@CelesteHeadlee
Couple things to remember: Antifa is not an organized group. You don't "join" Antifa, which means there's a chance you can be labelled Antifa by law enforcement simply because you are protesting. 1/2
Second, when you are labelled as a terrorist by the US govt, your rights can be severely curtailed. The rights you have taken for granted may not apply anymore if you are designated as a terrorist.
What does this mean? It means that the chances that innocent people will be labelled as terrorists and abused by the system may rise exponentially now.
If you are protesting, the only way you can feel safe is if you trust law enforcement to correctly identify and pursue only those people who intend to inflict harm to people and property,
2:01 PM - May 31, 2020
Couple things to remember: Antifa is not an organized group. You don't "join" Antifa, which means there's a chance you can be labelled Antifa by law enforcement simply because you are protesting. 1/2
Second, when you are labelled as a terrorist by the US govt, your rights can be severely curtailed. The rights you have taken for granted may not apply anymore if you are designated as a terrorist.
What does this mean? It means that the chances that innocent people will be labelled as terrorists and abused by the system may rise exponentially now.
If you are protesting, the only way you can feel safe is if you trust law enforcement to correctly identify and pursue only those people who intend to inflict harm to people and property,
2:01 PM - May 31, 2020
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"There's a chance you can be labelled Antifa by law enforcement simply because you are protesting" (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
May 2020
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Celerity
(43,589 posts)1. K & R
Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)2. It IS fascism now.
Officially. Antiifa means anti-fascism. So, if you are against fascism, you are now a "terrorist." Most of America are now terrorists in our own country.
cayugafalls
(5,646 posts)5. +10000000
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)3. K and R
agingdem
(7,865 posts)4. so exactly how can a person be identified as Antifa..
is it the Star of David sewn on a shirt pocket...or a swastika with line through it?..or maybe a "I am not a Fascist" bumper sticker?...why is this crap still a thing?? my parents were Holocaust survivors...is there ever an end to this filth?
roamer65
(36,747 posts)6. The fight isn't in Europe this time around.
Its here.
Ferryboat
(925 posts)7. I am Spartacus!