Nice to see he found room for the obligatory Hannah Gais quote there at the end. As I read I was getting more and more worried, frantic even, that one of these articles might be printed without her input, but my fears were baseless. Neither rain nor snow nor heat nor gloom of night stays Gais from the swift insertion of her appointed addendum!
Fortunately the antifa leadership is getting pretty old and rickety, and a lot of their loyal donors are so old they're dropping dead.
Their foot soldiers are mostly living in encampments and smoking fentanyl. I don't see a lot of enthusiasm among genZ types for antifa-style activism. Peak antifa commitment seems to be an early genXer thing, so guys who are well into their 50s by now.
I'm not saying it's an entirely spent force, but definitely on the decline along with allied "respectable" outfits like the SPLC.
I don't think you have anything to worry about in Florida, since DeSantis would definitely prosecute them for criminal violence.
Direct Action is doublespeak for Activated Ignorance.
Antifa peaked in 2020. Just as the Bolsheviks became the Communist Part of the Soviet Union, so too has Antifa become part of the Despotic Supremacy of The Woke Regime. Of course, following the logic of this historical analogy, it could mean that Antifa's street violence will be replaced by the Regime's far more effective method of wholesale slaughter. I'd love to be wrong. But would it surprise anyone?
“Blacks have higher average levels of violent crime and lower average levels of intelligence”. Both are true, but they forgot low impulse control. Oh, and most can't swim. Or even float. They sink like a rock. High bone density or somesuch.
"DeSantis’s lieutenants’ actions at New College – like abolishing disciplines, removing bathroom signage and denying professors tenure – have seen the departure of more than a third of the faculty, and given rise to myriad legal actions."
He removed the bathroom signage so faculty left because they couldn't find the bathrooms? Was DeSantis trying to select for faculty with good bladder control? Do conservatives stereotypically have better bladder control? Hmmmm.
I like the choice of "lurch" in the title. It expresses that the move was not only bad and unwelcome but clumsy.
I had never heard of the New College of Florida. No offense to their alumni but if this is the highest profile example of a governor pushing a school to the right, I think the left can relax.
Great to finally meet you in person last night . I consider you and your family true Chicagoans - why don t you move back ? California nice weather will make you soft as my father always said the bad things about Chicago … build character :-) keep the father Steve
There’s nothing laudable about Anti1A’s original goal, nor has there been any reason to fight against a political ideology that was defeated by the Nazis before the end of WW2. Mussolini is long gone, but drug addicted street punks, green-haired sandalistas, and unemployable “studies” majors need some excuse to delay the suicide they deserve
Per " The original professed goal of Antifa—to oppose fascism—is laudable" -- George Orwell's assessment of the usage of "fascism" in "Politics and the English Language" was "“The word Fascism has now no meaning except in so far as it signifies 'something not desirable' ... In the case of a word like democracy, not only is there no agreed definition, but the attempt to make one is resisted from all sides. It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it: consequently the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning.”
Antifa apologists loudly claim that "Antifa is not an organization". For purposes of US law, under the RICO statute, Antifa IS an organization. Remember that the "O" in RICO stands for "organization".
"Domestic terrorism" (18 USC § 2331) [2], is a predicate act for purposes of RICO prosecution. [3, 4]
The Federal RICO Statute (18 USC § 1961) requires, for prosecution under the statute, two predicate offenses committed by “any union or group of individuals associated in fact although not a legal entity;”. RICO predicate offenses include "any act or threat involving murder, ..., arson, extortion, ..." and "... any act which is indictable under any of the following provisions of title 18 ... section 1510 (relating to obstruction of criminal investigations), section 1511 (relating to the obstruction of State or local law enforcement)".[1]
Am I naive to hope that a second Trump administration will pursue RICO indictments of Antifa members?
One of my favorite tactics people like Wilson use is the claim that a given person - like Steve - is not a credible commentator on a given issue because they lack some kind of degree. Obviously that isn't a tactic ever used on people on the left who quite often have the same perceived deficiency but are promoting the accepted gospel. Taking Wilson's logic further he is totally unqualified to judge the veracity of anything he reports on in which he doesn't have nice university issued certificate because obviously without it, full comprehension is impossible.
Nice to see he found room for the obligatory Hannah Gais quote there at the end. As I read I was getting more and more worried, frantic even, that one of these articles might be printed without her input, but my fears were baseless. Neither rain nor snow nor heat nor gloom of night stays Gais from the swift insertion of her appointed addendum!
Fortunately the antifa leadership is getting pretty old and rickety, and a lot of their loyal donors are so old they're dropping dead.
Their foot soldiers are mostly living in encampments and smoking fentanyl. I don't see a lot of enthusiasm among genZ types for antifa-style activism. Peak antifa commitment seems to be an early genXer thing, so guys who are well into their 50s by now.
I'm not saying it's an entirely spent force, but definitely on the decline along with allied "respectable" outfits like the SPLC.
I don't think you have anything to worry about in Florida, since DeSantis would definitely prosecute them for criminal violence.
You know what we call protestors that block traffic here in Florida? That's right - speedbumps.
Ah, yes, very pro human of you.
Steve just left MAGA Country, Jussie said so.
I really dislike that guy. It's not just that he's a creep, he's an idiot to boot.
Direct Action is doublespeak for Activated Ignorance.
Antifa peaked in 2020. Just as the Bolsheviks became the Communist Part of the Soviet Union, so too has Antifa become part of the Despotic Supremacy of The Woke Regime. Of course, following the logic of this historical analogy, it could mean that Antifa's street violence will be replaced by the Regime's far more effective method of wholesale slaughter. I'd love to be wrong. But would it surprise anyone?
BTW, is Jason Whoever someone I should know, or know about. These US-based Guardian contributors are nutjobs from what I can tell...
He's an Australian based in Portland, Oregon. He's aligned with the American intelligence services.
I’m wondering if there’s been a dopamine response study on Guardian writers versus say, Substack writers?
Just to see the relationship between dopamine levels and the article’s development.
And the predictable dopamine response when their article is published and the reactions come in from the readers.
It may be interesting.
“Blacks have higher average levels of violent crime and lower average levels of intelligence”. Both are true, but they forgot low impulse control. Oh, and most can't swim. Or even float. They sink like a rock. High bone density or somesuch.
I was surprised to discover in my late 50s that my arms float. Perhaps I once knew and forgot it.
Maybe your arms are fatter than you remember
I see "scientific racism” as a concession.
"DeSantis’s lieutenants’ actions at New College – like abolishing disciplines, removing bathroom signage and denying professors tenure – have seen the departure of more than a third of the faculty, and given rise to myriad legal actions."
He removed the bathroom signage so faculty left because they couldn't find the bathrooms? Was DeSantis trying to select for faculty with good bladder control? Do conservatives stereotypically have better bladder control? Hmmmm.
I like the choice of "lurch" in the title. It expresses that the move was not only bad and unwelcome but clumsy.
I had never heard of the New College of Florida. No offense to their alumni but if this is the highest profile example of a governor pushing a school to the right, I think the left can relax.
Great to finally meet you in person last night . I consider you and your family true Chicagoans - why don t you move back ? California nice weather will make you soft as my father always said the bad things about Chicago … build character :-) keep the father Steve
Jaye Ryan ; ( Nom D Plum)
Quillette is too cooperative to say so but Emily Gorcenski is a man.
There’s nothing laudable about Anti1A’s original goal, nor has there been any reason to fight against a political ideology that was defeated by the Nazis before the end of WW2. Mussolini is long gone, but drug addicted street punks, green-haired sandalistas, and unemployable “studies” majors need some excuse to delay the suicide they deserve
Per " The original professed goal of Antifa—to oppose fascism—is laudable" -- George Orwell's assessment of the usage of "fascism" in "Politics and the English Language" was "“The word Fascism has now no meaning except in so far as it signifies 'something not desirable' ... In the case of a word like democracy, not only is there no agreed definition, but the attempt to make one is resisted from all sides. It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it: consequently the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning.”
Antifa apologists loudly claim that "Antifa is not an organization". For purposes of US law, under the RICO statute, Antifa IS an organization. Remember that the "O" in RICO stands for "organization".
"Domestic terrorism" (18 USC § 2331) [2], is a predicate act for purposes of RICO prosecution. [3, 4]
The Federal RICO Statute (18 USC § 1961) requires, for prosecution under the statute, two predicate offenses committed by “any union or group of individuals associated in fact although not a legal entity;”. RICO predicate offenses include "any act or threat involving murder, ..., arson, extortion, ..." and "... any act which is indictable under any of the following provisions of title 18 ... section 1510 (relating to obstruction of criminal investigations), section 1511 (relating to the obstruction of State or local law enforcement)".[1]
Am I naive to hope that a second Trump administration will pursue RICO indictments of Antifa members?
Ref.
[1] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1961
[2] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2331
[3] https://www.ussc.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/training/primers/2020_Primer_RICO.pdf
[4] https://news.yahoo.com/six-antifa-extremists-arrested-charged-151301053.html
One of my favorite tactics people like Wilson use is the claim that a given person - like Steve - is not a credible commentator on a given issue because they lack some kind of degree. Obviously that isn't a tactic ever used on people on the left who quite often have the same perceived deficiency but are promoting the accepted gospel. Taking Wilson's logic further he is totally unqualified to judge the veracity of anything he reports on in which he doesn't have nice university issued certificate because obviously without it, full comprehension is impossible.