tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741412946805763929.post6975685407473438302..comments2024-03-28T16:47:43.692-07:00Comments on Shoreline Area News: Letter to the Editor: Jesse Salomon respondsCarl Dinsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03741982015985286521noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5741412946805763929.post-48790704537600822272017-08-18T08:12:39.044-07:002017-08-18T08:12:39.044-07:00I see 2 separate issues - behavior and ideology:
...I see 2 separate issues - behavior and ideology:<br /><br />1) behavior<br /><br />Political violence is political violence. I don't care who does it, and one side is no better than the other. Antifa has been consistently and increasingly violent recently.<br /><br />2) ideology<br /><br />I think we can all agree that white supremacist ideology is disgusting. But what is the driving ideology behind antifa? <br /><br />Here's a Washington Post article, which tries to excuse Antifa violence:<br /><br />https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2017/08/16/who-are-the-antifa/?utm_term=.faf542381c42<br /><br />But it also sheds some light on antifa's ideology:<br /><br />"Militant anti-fascist or 'antifa' (pronounced ANtifa) is a radical pan-leftist politics of social revolution applied to fighting the far right. Its adherents are predominantly communists, socialists and anarchists who reject turning to the police or the state to halt the advance of white supremacy. Instead they advocate popular opposition to fascism as we witnessed in Charlottesville."<br /><br /><br />So we basically have nazism vs communism. I personally don't like either ideology. Both have been responsible for millions of deaths, and we shouldn't side with communists just because we think nazis are worse.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Maggie Willsonnoreply@blogger.com