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by Cthulhu_ 2081 days ago
I do believe the propaganda should be archived though, for research purposes, fingerprinting, and like you mentioned, evidence. I hope Facebook is handing everything over to the right authorities (internationally).

Of course, there are some people who are given the extremist / terrorist label - e.g. Antifa - where the brand may not be warranted. Antifa is not a real organization though, just a name abused by the anti-antifacists (?) to try and make protesters the boogeyman.

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Antifa is very much a real organization (with [1] being only one of the cells), made up of very real people committing very real acts of violence[2]. The "terrorist" label is completely warranted - a terrorist is someone who attempts to enact change through the use of fear, which is exactly what these people are doing, by literally killing, injuring, and threatening[3] anyone who doesn't agree with them, and by wantonly destroying property[4]. There's nothing "antifacist" about these people, nor are they "protestors" - they're looters, rioters, and terrorists.

Edit: "protestors", by definition, do not threaten or attack people, or destroy property.

[1] https://www.rosecityantifa.org/

[2] https://nypost.com/2020/08/31/man-suspected-in-deadly-portla...

[3] https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/victoria-taft/2020/04/...

[4] https://www.foxnews.com/us/costs-protests-financial-toll-cas...