We Are Antifa

We are antifa — short for anti-fascist.

That is to say we - myself and my intellectual associates - oppose fascism.  

Meaning, we are against it.  

Nothing more nefarious than that. 

Antifa isn't a secret society or a terrorist organization.  It doesn't have leaders, headquarters, or a hierarchy.  We are a collective ethos, an ideology, a radically humanitarian worldview.  Our mantra might be "live and let live." Or "power to the people."

Don’t let the thought police get it twisted. 

All they do is lie.

They lie, school girls die.

Not quite PRO LIFE, is it now?

And as someone who knows all too well how easily words can be misunderstood & misused, and at the worst possible moment... I’m here to help you help yourself.

TO OPPOSE FASCISM IS TO BE AND THEREFORE ACT AGAINST IT.  The prefix “anti-” placed before a root word means opposed to.  Anti-war means against war.  Anti-racist means against racism.  Anti-fascist means, to no one's surprise, against fascism. 

It ain't rocket science. 

It's the English Language Arts.

By contrast, the prefix “pro-” means for something.  If you are pro-democracy you support democracy.  That is to say you believe that in a civilized and often thriving society, power belongs to We the People — not to mad kings with cankles or evil tech oligarchs — both of whom literally wet their shorts at the sight of your pain and suffering.  Couldn't give a rat's ass if innocent children die. If you are pro-democracy and believe in minding your own goddamn business then you, too, are an anti-fascist.  

Antifa for short.

So what is fascism?

FASCISM (/ˈfæʃɪzəm/ FASH-iz-əm) is a far-right political ideology built on authoritarian rule, ultra-nationalism, militarization, the violent suppression of dissent,  and the belief that a single leader or party should dominate society writ large while silencing opposition.  FASCISM glorifies toxic masculine power, homosocial relationships, misogyny, rape, racism, sexism, violence, and demands loyalty... or else, regarding dissent (expressing an opposing viewpoint) as treasonous... punishable by death. 

Fascists are definitely pro-death.

Yours, that is.

Conversely...

...at its philosophical core, anti-fascism is simply the belief that systems as described above should never be allowed to manifest.

Anyone who believes that ALL human beings should be autonomous — free to think, speak, act, worship, love and live their lives without being controlled by some malignant demon queen serial-killer-by-proxy is, inherently, a rejector of fascism.  In its most basic sense, anyone who stands against fascist ideology is  theoretically ANTIFA.

That is to say we are pro-democracy and pro-universal human rights.  We believe that all human beings — regardless of race, religion, color, creed, or how they choose to identify and/or love — deserve the same dignity, respect, and protection. For in the end, we are all the same.  To believe that someone is fundamentally less than you is pure ignorance and a recipe for disaster.  Universal human rights are not meant to be cherry-picked for a favored few while the rest of us die in the streets.  

I was hoping we'd finally grasped this lesson, but clearly we need a comprehensive review.

Fascism thrives on human evil and gets off on the suffering of others.  That means you.

Antifa stands against evil empires.

So yes — We are Antifa.

Are you antifascist too?