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[scotspine1]

1 hour ago, Toad said:

Read comments on here, felt disgusted and was just going to ignore things, but fuck it, that's not the right thing to do. 

 

I'm not going to argue with anyone in particular, I'm not going to respond to comments, but I think it is important that one particular view doesn't prevail here.

 

I support the Black Lives Matter movement. I have read a lot of articles, listened to podcasts and interviews and I've educated myself on equality and the struggles faced by many sectors of society. I recognise that being born a white, straight man in an affluent part of an affluent country has afforded me privileges that so many other humans on this planet will never have and I would love to see proper equality in my lifetime and I'll do my best to ensure that stands a chance of happening. 

 

I'm off to donate to charities supporting equality including BLM. Thanks for the motivation.

 

 

[Mark J]

Antifa
Quite literally means Anti-Fascist.

Fascism - Wikipedia

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You're either anti fascist or pro fascist.
 

[Johnsond]

19 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

He's a nonce who kicked about with another nonce, Epstein. Stop bacing him because you like his politics.

You don’t know what I like especially in regards to politics. what you don’t like is I disagreed with your own views. Don’t ever presume to tell me what to do.  
ive just re read your post and quite frankly I’m a bit disappointed in myself for even bothering to reply ?

Edited June 3, 2020 by Johnsond

[Johnsond]

5 minutes ago, Mark J said:

Antifa
Quite literally means Anti-Fascist.

Fascism - Wikipedia

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You're either anti fascist or pro fascist.
 

What about Nationalism Mark ?? Or does that not factor in any way ??. 

[eggsarascal]

5 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

You don’t know what I like especially in regards to politics. what you don’t like is I disagreed with your own views. Don’t ever presume to tell me what to do. 

Wouldn't dream ot ft, just the way I read into it.

Edited June 3, 2020 by eggsarascal

[scotspine1]

18 minutes ago, Mark J said:

Antifa
Quite literally means Anti-Fascist.

Fascism - Wikipedia

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You're either anti fascist or pro fascist.
 

 

As I've said before, you're as thick as mince. According to your brainwashed mind, this black guy is pro-fascist.......

 

 

[Mark J]

4 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

What about Nationalism Mark ?? Or does that not factor in any way ??. 

All the question marks do my head in. Would you calm down and rephrase it??

 

 

[Johnsond]

2 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

Wouldn't dream ot ft, just the way I read into it.

Actually the thing that pisses me off is the random use of the word nonce. You desperately want trump to be in that group for no other reason than politics. Biden is renowned for this behaviour and having seen first hand the long term catastrophic damage that this can cause to people Ive no time whatsoever for any man whom displays those characteristics. 
 

[Mark J]

Just now, scotspine1 said:

 

As I've said before, you're as thick as mince. According to your brainwashed mind, this black guy is pro-fascist.......

 

 

 

 

No, all I've done is call out that when Donald Trump declared ANTIFA to be a terrorist organisation, he was basically decaring war on anyone who wasn't a fascist.

If you look back through the thread since I posted that, you'll see I haven't made a statement on race throughout this discourse. I might have done that on purpose.
 

[Puffingbilly413]

6 minutes ago, Mark J said:

Antifa
Quite literally means Anti-Fascist.

Fascism - Wikipedia

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You're either anti fascist or pro fascist.
 

I think it's impossible to be either pro or anti as Fascism no longer really exists.  Racism and bigotry still exist, granted.  But Fascism at a societal or governmental level disappeared with the end of WW2. In my view of course.

 

Antifa is not really 'anti-fascist' - it's a loose political movement which seems at its heart to despise all things to the right in the traditional political spectrum (but also many traditional liberal aspects such as freedom of speech if the views expressed don't fit).  It does seem the case these days that the term fascist is banded about freely yet incorrectly.  The irony is that the further toward the extremes of the political left and right you get, the more in common these competing movements have in terms of intolerance of others' views and a willingness to resort to violence to try to enforce their own.