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Ms. Toad

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17. My position is they should not use the word.

Reply to scarletwoman (Reply #16)

Tue Jun 9, 2020, 09:52 PM

Jun 2020

Except, perhaps, in to dismiss Trump's lies in the same way they ought to dismiss all of his other lies.

When they echo his use of the word, they give it credence. The word doesn't mean anything. There is not antifa group. It's a few syllables strung together to be cute and to create an enemy. The media should just not lend it any credence.

If there are people who describe themselves as anti-facist - fine. Describe them that way, to the extent that belief it is important to the story - just dont' attach Trump's current fetish word to them.

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The sane news media in this country could do us all a huge favor by simply adding the parenthetical [View all] scarletwoman Jun 2020 OP

Yes, definitely!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2020 #1

Thank you! (nt) scarletwoman Jun 2020 #11

It Couldn't Hurt, Ma'am The Magistrate Jun 2020 #2

Thank you. "It couldn't hurt" is what I think as well. scarletwoman Jun 2020 #7

Or they could just stop naming something that isn't an actual thing. Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #3

It's not about us, it's about how the news media discusses rightwing conspiracy theories re: antifa. scarletwoman Jun 2020 #8

My suggestion is that the news media stop using the word. Period. Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #12

Except, there ARE actually people who refer to themselves as antifa - and they have definitely scarletwoman Jun 2020 #14

As far as I know that is an extremely small group of people, Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #15

Yes, it's a small, disconnected group. Trump & the other rw'ers are full of shit when they use the scarletwoman Jun 2020 #16

My position is they should not use the word. Ms. Toad Jun 2020 #17

I don't disagree. scarletwoman Jun 2020 #18

Oh how I wish they would do this! Anti-fascist makes sense, but people don't know that is ANTIFA lettucebe Jun 2020 #4

Thank you! That's exactly what I'm talking about. (nt) scarletwoman Jun 2020 #9

Recommended. H2O Man Jun 2020 #5

Appreciated! scarletwoman Jun 2020 #10

Agree 100%. Maybe we should refer to republicans as "Fascistas" while we're at it. diva77 Jun 2020 #6

Thank you. scarletwoman Jun 2020 #13