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CousinIT

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3. Sarah Kendzior: "It is extremely common for authoritarian states ..."

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun May 31, 2020, 05:21 PM

May 2020

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It is extremely common for authoritarian states to broadly expand the definition of an activist group so that anyone they oppose can be accused of being a member, and thus be arrested and surveiled according to their invented pretext. That is what they will try to do with antifa.

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Trump To Name ANTIFA, Which Doesn't Exist, A Terrorist Organization [View all] applegrove May 2020 OP

tRump and his minions, white supremacist/ nationalist pals... FarPoint May 2020 #1

In Less Than Four Years, Trump Reveals Himself as a Fascist TomCADem May 2020 #4

Yeap.... FarPoint May 2020 #5

There are many fine people, on one side. Mc Mike May 2020 #2

Sarah Kendzior: "It is extremely common for authoritarian states ..." CousinIT May 2020 #3

+1 applegrove May 2020 #6