The Black Bloc: Inside America’s Hard Left

The left-leaning anti-fascist movement-or Antifa-has been around for decades, popping up in North America and Europe in response to rising white nationalist or fascist sentiments. Now, Antifa has made a resurgence in the US, where members clad in masks and nondescript black clothing physically confront groups of white supremacists and neo-Nazis who've started organizing in cities around the country.
Since the 2016 presidential election, Antifa has become a staple at alt-right and Trump-related rallies that often result in violence. VICE met up with a few Antifa activists in Philadelphia who engage in “Black Bloc” actions to find out more about their ideology, tactics, and individual reasons for participating in a high-risk form of activism.
00:00 Intro
03:00 "Street violence is the last resort for anti-fascists"
07:10 Police violence
10:20 When the Charlottesville rally turned deadly
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Since the 2016 presidential election, Antifa (short for "anti-fascist") has become a staple at right-wing rallies. The faceless, leaderless group stretches across North America and Europe -- and they aren't afraid to incite violence. WATCH NEXT: Inside America’s Largest Right Wing Militia - bit.ly/2glqlan

[@alexanderbejerstrand9084]

the funny thing is that these people are fascists...

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodla2091]

VICE Hell this far-right militia sounds like a blast, I may join myself.

[@lucasg1984]

I think you are getting antifa mixed up with hypocrites

[@jeremymeline8129]

Fascists shutdown speak....DUMMY!that's what antifa does

[@AroundTheBest]

Dressing up in black and beating up white people... Sounds like something a racist would do.

[@Jerzy-George]

Gotta give respect to Vice for not disabling the comments.

[@thinkfiend]

C21, The Vinc Group Fr

[@thinkfiend]

st prch yoooo 😂

[@lulutee7397]

Enough is enough. Ahmaud Arbery was a black man shot dead while he was jogging. Antifa is the answer because countless peaceful protests lead to nowhere. Radical change for the good is better than radical groups supporting divisive, gun-wielding, largely low educated extremists. Forget Iraq and Iran, America hasn't even dealt with their homegrown extremists at their doorstep.

[@Osiris2134]

How low have the standards come?

[@kayleeh8140]

Sad you had to say that

[@deathbycognitivedissonance5036]

As soon as I saw the like/dislike ratio, I knew shit was going down in the comments.

[@native307]

That's because right wingers have no life/jobs and youtube is their only weapon. It's pathetic

[@malinko35]

Leon Oh the irony.

[@NoahKaneisme]

It's probably regular people disliking videos promoting our homegrown terrorists

[@mikeoxlong6468]

Duchess ha, made me laugh

[@arthurmuz73]

Leon lmao, ur funny

[@dpet7756]

why are dislikes overtaking likes, this is actually good journalism for once

[@harevalkyrie5373]

Because it's much more dire than you think. Laws are preset now to undermine the legistlative branch.

[@CrimKing161]

Because people see 'left' and get angry

[@gregmadore6365]

Because Vice is trash lol

[@hamasakibibou7433]

Because it makes leftist who actually watch vice realize that they are the fachist

[@yourma2000]

@@CrimKing161 Or that the title of the video is already slanted in favour of one side.

[@zoobz5930]

8:17 how they slowly bring down the sign 😂😂😂

[@Leo-gl4lb]

i just saw this lol

[@TheModernInvestor]

I saw the title of this video and just KNEW the comment section would be on fire

[@ra1der63]

Their mascot should be the Possum, it acts fierce, tips over trash cans, gets hit by cars, plays dead, and is an all-around nuisance.

[@nayrtnartsipacify]

@@ra1der63 jajajajajaja

[@nayrtnartsipacify]

@@ra1der63 reminds me of Bill hicks bit about the hooligans in shaftsbreed

[@tiernanwearen8096]

@@nayrtnartsipacify the fighting in the comment section puts the fighting of the two World Wars to shame

[@niceguy2091]

@@ra1der63 instead its the "jackass" which google defines as " a stupid person"

[@badamime01]

The far left and far right are the minority on each side but they scream the loudest. This creates a false sense that the majority of peoples political opinions are on one side or the other. Most are in the middle leaning left or right on a number of different issues.

[@mattschuver4440]

💯

[@CALgal387]

Exactly!

[@flurb8415]

Facts

[@tackywhale5664]

The sad reality is that it isn’t so much that way in colleges, where (currently) young people are supposed to have the time of their lives.

[@MellowMelli2014]

I’m right in the middle, the people in the far on both sides need their own country I swear, they both make it hard to live in the USA. Both sides are so brainwashed and don’t have an opinion of their own. They are actually followers. You know it’s kinda funny they said they aren’t about violence but you always see them laying a hand on someone…. Violence usually isn’t the solution, but at least be honest that you are for violence and stop trying to make yourself feel better, own up to what you believe in and stand for. 🤷‍♀️

[@Haltzo]

Here in Belgium they say they're extreme right, if the people don't like what the politicians decide they're immediately portrayed as "hard left" or "extreme right" 😂

[@MatthewPeter-bf2hc]

So its not just America. From what I've seen it happens like that in England, France, Greece, and Germany. And i think recently Australia. Who did it first i wonder?

[@passiplays]

@MatthewPeter-bf2hc Here in Germany, hard lefts are becoming more and more normalised and sadly get less criticised by politicians and society since we have right wingers.

[@Archevox]

So if the AFD, a far right party, passes anti-trans legislation in a landtag or whatever then when people call them far right, that's just them "Not liking what the politicians decide" ???

[@Archevox]

@@passiplays What hard left? Die Linke has shot itself in the foot multiple times, and the current KPD is basically non-existent

[@max2257]

True. Radical leftism is almost completely normalized in Germany

[@TossedSalad69]

My favorite part is when they talk about Philly, I wonder how Philly is doing today.. Ouuu not so good.

[@Big_Footless]

Mad respect to the confused Asians watching the protest. 💯💛

[@toykoserpent804]

😂 Yeah LOL

[@philswift2.038]

That was one of the bast parts of the video

[@Big_Footless]

@@philswift2.038 Haha, it totally was!

[@Big_Footless]

@@toykoserpent804 IKR!!!

[@toykoserpent804]

@@Big_Footless IKR what you mean

[@julianscales1807]

"Fear is a part of our tactics" *tips over bin*

[@patched8789]

Julian Scales "why is the left trying to suppress our free speech?" *Runs over protestors in a car*

[@patched8789]

Farmer Dave Who is censoring?

[@WithoutRemorse12]

Patched 87 Corporations that are working with the government.

[@SubzeroCV]

lmfao im dead

[@patched8789]

WithoutRemorse12 Welcome the capitalism

[@rock-ix4nc]

The Richard spencer punch was iconic lmaoooo

[@robmullin1128]

Yeah,it’s pretty much a staple in every bar brawl…..not so epic.

[@thesysop4998]

@@robmullin1128 still funny as hell

[@Venus-cx5sy]

@@thesysop4998 nah it's lame af

[@thesysop4998]

@@Venus-cx5sy I respect your opinion

[@ServusCrux]

@@thesysop4998its assault and illegal and terrorism

[@RandomEmperor]

Queer, trans and Jewish? Oh alright understandable, bro is playing in max difficulty

[@dcrzygreen806]

It’s like that family guy episode “I’m a woman, I’m a horse, I’m a broom.”

[@faerie67893]

💀

[@JohnDoe-bq5oo]

you mean easiest difficulty?

[@MajinBuu-oo3vn]

Hilarious that he thinks he’s a woman.

[@viktorthevictor6240]

​@@JohnDoe-bq5oo Yeah, because it's so easy to be trans in this political climate. Get a grip

[@lynam0]

those Asian people looking confused at this protest was the funniest thing ive seen today

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

As an Asian myself, I find it hilarious when everyone in the world do the same thing.

[@akunlama89]

Hongkong protest

[@boyprince7607]

Lol. I legit thought I was the only one that saw that

[@imapanda2434]

Time stamp?

[@wildhunt2235]

Wii peaceful asiean

[@Blisi66]

Looking for people arguing in the comments, all i found was people talking about everyone arguing in the comments😂

[@polin1710]

thats cause most of the internet is right wing, might i say nazis. hence the difference in comment sections between this one and the videos on nazis

[@Tammygranstaff]

Me to tbh 💀

[@jacob8265]

@@polin1710 just becouse you are right wing doesnt means you are a nazi LOL

[@Ismael-kc3ry]

I disagree with you. Boom.

[@Tammygranstaff]

@@Ismael-kc3ry you thought you ate that huh

[@user-hv4nl9rn8t]

At least they're honest and openly admit that they wear what they wear because that way if they assault somebody they cannot be identified.

[@cosiney]

listen to yourself dude

[@user-hv4nl9rn8t]

I was being half-sarcastic. It is terrible that they do it in the first place. I was trying to make a joke out of it. I hate this viewpoint and I don't want anybody to see it any other way.@@cosiney

[@noxplay4906]

Regardless of political beliefs these dudes are goddamn scumbags. Just pushing people around and using force and violence to spread their beliefs

[@levihuttner3260]

Sorry but when you become a n@zi openly you give up your human rights

[@Chris-TMH]

That thumbnail though... Like bro just wear a bandana 😂 looking out of the hoodie like 👁️👃⬛

[@ChairmanMeow1]

I respect that vice basically just gave us the info without any commentary. thats what the news should do.

[@honkee4600]

Yeah cause they were probably terrified that someone from antifa would set fire to their HQ if they said something slightly biased

[@RGRundeRGRound]

YUP, as a Right Wing gun owner, they did a fair job even with the 3% movement. Except, I think that group in Georgia is pretty small, in fact.

[@profesorplacerpulposo]

They select the words and the order of the narrative Attention.

[@andypacmanperez]

The news outlets do this as well they just let their editors do the talking for them

[@CQuick30]

@@RGRundeRGRound I just watched that one before this. Vice did a really good job of letting the people explain why they believe what they believe.

[@crunchagrail2881]

Look everyone! They were wearing masks before it was cool

[@bradleysmith9431]

Masks were never cool!

[@crunchagrail2881]

SARCASM

[@user-dt4sr8yl2r]

@Coco Chanel cry about it

[@emilchen9866]

From Taiwan, did mask before Covid

[@uncle3403]

Can’t blame oppression if you’re going to play the criminal

[@peterpetrov5073]

As a racist I feel offended

[@Skorzeny14996]

Same lol

[@gropyermingebag2535]

same

[@adrianarakis8036]

Yeah beat up that mail box, teach those fascists a lesson!

[@loooooopy]

Damn racist mailboxes are everywhere!!

[@theboatman360]

Hahaha now that's funny!

[@theburgernoder2441]

That mailbox is clearly doing a Nazi salute!

[@jits2q127]

@@loooooopy lol

[@xrizbira]

Mailbox Live Matter

[@jaredkiser6578]

This is actually decent journalism because you let their own words paint the picture. Good job vice.

[@pebblepod30]

It may depend on if you agree with their idoelogy. If I use an equal standard, it was actually quite poor: didn't ask them obvious questions; got some facts wrong; didn't ask them challenging questions either. The Right in politics renounces their crazies (the Manipulative Media doesn't seem to report that). We on the Left are endorsing them. Is it any wonder Trump is winning? I'm not American, I'm Australian (by immigration), but that's what I see. Trump has exposed the hatred and racist double standards of my own group. And he deliberately whips it up, because that's how he wins (it worked each time, didn't it?).

[@stewpidasso288]

They let their own words paint the lunacy, Jared.

[@destroya3303]

But their own words are total bullshit. They project everything they do onto their enemies

[@BG-rx6ts]

@@pebblepod30 so trump praising David Duke is renouncing crazies?

[@pixeldoor4792]

Dude they tell journalism as it should be; the truth there not left leaning but the truth tends to be.

[@AkapowyKrasnal]

So that’s how r/anarchism users look like…

[@imaxcrepin0001]

Looks like a riot.

[@noxplay4906]

Rioters who pretend that their destructive behavior creates any positive change for their community. Based on what I've seen they're just destabilizing the political climate and inspiring people to hate each other. Regardless of your political beliefs, that is a big no-no

[@Okfairenough]

it is

[@imaxcrepin0001]

@@Okfairenough ok fair enough.

[@Okfairenough]

ok fair enough@@imaxcrepin0001

[@atomiccheeser8535]

*climbs over a wall with a opening 2 feet away

[@gazmazkOG]

Can't make this up

[@Jreb1865]

Lol...I seen that also...So much for situational awareness....If you can't find a hole in the wall IRL....how can you claim you can find a hole in someone's thought...They are becoming the very thing they claim to hate...

[@easypete9392]

Pretty sure there’s a gate there

[@sodaholic228]

That's pretty much a metaphor for what antifa is

[@CJDcow]

I didn't realize the first 2 were both women. May God help us all. Thanks.

[@gabrielj1644]

So glad that everyone is having a nice, civil discussion in the comments.

[@tiernanwearen8096]

Where's the freikorps when you need them!?

[@aceboog4546]

Black Lives Matter.

[@DatHombre]

@@aceboog4546 damn, see a second ago I hated them but your comment really changed my mind. Thanks for making a massive difference in the world!!

[@donkeykongisbetterthanmari7495]

@@aceboog4546 and when only one life matters, that life will remain and die alone.

[@filthyan1mal588]

@@donkeykongisbetterthanmari7495 it's called an endling. Too much responsibility for m.

[@RealFMP-FMG]

Aight, All we need now is a centrist militia, and things will be pretty balanced

[@aidanpower7115]

YEA BABY YEAAAAAAA

[@TheOpinionatedElectrician]

Lets goooo!

[@moomoo1984]

They exist, but they can’t really find anything to bother assembling over. Everything is pretty much okay to them.

[@TheOpinionatedElectrician]

​@@moomoo1984 Make everything great again.

[@Rildar]

This is like an interview with a raider from Fallout

[@sonsofsam.]

😂

[@abominati0n]

7:28 synchronized baton unsheating

[@Magyyyyy]

Well they're trained professionals after all

[@mastyer0fReality]

Great observation enjoyed that. I saw it the first time but it didnt register. They won the fear fight at 7:28

[@chasekartak1789]

imagine being a cop and you pull out your baton and the protesters just pull out their own baton

[@dismasdillon1514]

The cops are badass

[@TheJPinder]

@@dismasdillon1514 yeah, b/c beating up unarmed people is badass.

[@wendyw4487]

in the mid 1960's I was watching the news with my dad....they were showing footage of a KKK march somewhere down south and being from CT, something I had never seen before. I asked my dad why the people were wearing hats with masks and he said, "because they are cowards." I have never forgotten that.

[@PuppetMasteronVHS]

wendyw I wonder if the people who liked this comment knew that you were referring to Antifa as the undertone?

[@wendyw4487]

one would hope so.................

[@pedromeneses5661]

The KKK was a democrat group, still is

[@cynic5183]

People who charge into police baricades while at the same time assaulting Nazi groups violently for what they believe in, are cowards? Nice conservatard logic there, insectoid filth.

[@CroconatorYT]

Lmao they publicly said they support trump who's not democratic

[@oncaphillis]

I'm pretty sure the picture labeled "Germany 1943" is not Germany in 1943

[@lyrical2912]

I lean to wards the left but no mater what side extreme is bad right or left.

[@fastgames_pvp7705]

nah, the center is the worst

[@BlazeTrickShotsOg]

the left should be one big coalition until after the revolution

[@Africanvolunteer]

@@fastgames_pvp7705what lol

[@bigbowlowrong4694]

That geek getting punched while talking about Pepe never fails to make me laugh

[@thesk9704]

timestamp?

[@bigbowlowrong4694]

@@thesk9704 8:45

[@Furysonofrage]

@Mer Der no because they're not literal Nazis

[@eliotttttt]

@Mer Der I've yet to see someone who calls themselves antifa call for a white ethno state

[@LeBoomStudios]

A leaf, who woulda guessed.

[@rexx9496]

A lot of people get confused about the term fascism. The term was originally to explain the Mussolini way of authoritarian government. Centralized state power and ultra nationalism.

[@povv-ge6db]

they're fighting something that doesn't exist, it's quite funny seeing them say they are fighting an authoritarian government that oppresses them but they antifa grows in numbers and has 0 censorship.

[@JNRaudersant]

Fascism comes from the fasces, socialist organization very near to this crackheads ideologies, then mussolini refounded the organizaion into the Partito Nazional Fascista

[@crystalizedExposed]

@@Devin7Eleven It may originate from that, but when most people think about it they think militarist, nationalist, violent, and anti-democratic.

[@DAWGDARKER]

@@Devin7Eleven man listen..... there is another point here that you are forgetting.... most important one in fascism..... that you people think your community is above all...... stop calling em cowards when you are too afraid to acknowledge what you stand for........

[@cnsk646]

@@Devin7Eleven go back to school

[@inksmith2000]

I thought antifa was an idea not anything else

[@noxplay4906]

They're domestic terrorists from what I can see. Their actions make that very clear

[@noxplay4906]

Using violence and coercion is a poor way of convincing people to follow your cause

[@stibbo]

​@@noxplay4906worked for me

[@stibbo]

Antifa has no internal structure

[@sunesunee879]

​@@noxplay4906 Hahahhaha!!!! Whats your opinion on every war going in right now ????

[@johnschomer7790]

Moe, curly, and larry. LMFAO

[@Veteranemo]

😭😭😭

[@UNCIVILIZE]

Not Larry, Mary. They said they were a trans w*man

[@Veteranemo]

@@UNCIVILIZE what the hell are you talking about? You need medicine.

[@cxarhomell5867]

​@@VeteranemoShe was making a joke.

[@chilledchad]

They are confusing Nazis with juism/Marx/communism.

[@stareintoyoursoul9883]

Those two confused Asian guys had me rolling 😭 2:54

[@matthewklabunde2543]

I am going to be honest this is at 69 likes so I can't like it I am sorry

[@rahsaanofori]

Im dead bruh 😂

[@user-gu1hl2kx2k]

@Soldat ᚦᚬᚩᛅᛄᚢᚠᚻᛈᛉᛋᛏᛒᛖᛗᛠᛢᛣᛥᚸ they cant. they just dont speak up or move overseas

[@coldcoffee1506]

@@user-gu1hl2kx2k that’s a childish description of what China is. It’s definitely tucked up in a lot of ways but the political repression is not as bad as the states make it seem.

[@Ejexion]

@@coldcoffee1506 Would you like to tell that to a Uyghur, or to any of the journalists that have been critical of the CCP???

[@brokenglassshimmerlikestar3407]

I dunno. I live in France. We got Black Bloc here too but they just break and burn sh*t whenever there's like a march or something. It's just hard for normal non political people to understand or support violent groups. Burnt cars and broken store fronts don't help anyone.

[@gaita3827]

You're not "non political", you just side with the status quo

[@jackboehm8408]

@@gaita3827 I can't tell if this is a joke or not.

[@corail53]

This is how all black bloc groups are - they are the folks who come in to wreck stuff and start riots. They will make peaceful protest violent - no political ties at all they just want to cause chaos. This documentary did very poorly in showing what they actually are because this one small group co-opted it. Often times they are agent provocateurs hired by police - they were caught out in a G8 summit protest once - one of them was an on duty officer to start riots because a riot will turn the attention away from what the protest was about and the news will then focus on the riot.

[@FriarJoe66]

You can be ideologically opposed to it, but to deny that violence and property damage can bring about change is to ignore history

[@survivalistsguide4104]

I don’t think you are talking about blac bloc it sounds like you are talking about the looters that slither into protests to loot local businesses

[@goncalosilvapereira6790]

I would like to ask these anti-fascist people if they have read Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

[@weather_master708]

Even though I disagree with them, the journalism is amazing, and I’m glad they did it for both sides.

[@mistrerjack]

You disagree with them? As in you're cool with nazis? Oh boy

[@_Mrrock]

​@@mistrerjacknot supporting leftists doesn't mean you support Nazis

[@rawmixednuts3116]

It kinda does though.

[@weather_master708]

@@rawmixednuts3116 That’s pretty extremist, so you’re saying a moderate supports Nazism because they aren’t progressive?

[@Friedrich25-ph3wu]

​@@rawmixednuts3116opinion

[@Yassy1337]

If i had a dollar for every time he said "Nazi" i would have enough money to move to the usa

[@thomaschristou1075]

Why on earth would you want to move to that godforsaken place

[@jae3208]

@@thomaschristou1075 coming from an American, I ask the same thing. this place is a hellhole. i wish i could leave.

[@thomaschristou1075]

@Johan Liebert I doubt it. Probably used to be the case 50 years ago but not anymore

[@thomaschristou1075]

@Johan Liebert the American middle class might be richer than the Nowegian middle class, but at least you won't find Norwegians having to choose between medical care and paying their rent

[@thomaschristou1075]

@Johan Liebert It amazes me that the country with the most billionaires in the world can also pass as a 3rd world country at times. And the fact that people living there are okay with it is bewildering.

[@KrazyKatPosse]

“So much for the ‘tolerant’ left” - Mussolini’s last words, translated

[@RenzoM2811]

Lmao, they don't claim to be tolerant. Liberals are the tolerant left

[@kylekarcher9745]

They’re just flat out cowards hiding behind masks. If you stand for what you believe in why hide your face?????

[@SirTipsi]

@@RenzoM2811 classical liberals maybe. Not today's average liberal.

[@prometheus5405]

Mussolini was as worst as Stalin. Both were mass murderers.

[@tylerbozinovski4624]

@@prometheus5405 Stalin was way worse.

[@milesuit300]

Another reason for the 2nd amendment.

[@CrisisGuildWOW]

amen. These kids are only play fighting. I seriously doubt more than 5% of them know what a real war is like. keep it up, and they will find out, sadly.

[@levihuttner3260]

Exactly. I always conceal carry when I attend black block rallies. If the n@zis and pigs are armed, we must be as well!

[@P00ks374]

Maybe if you guys wouldn’t burn cars and knock over mailbox’s you wouldn’t come home with bruises and cuts

[@ryansteele5102]

“We don’t like violence”, 30 seconds later, “If we punch fascists in the face, they won’t appear in public”

[@percycabelloolive5151]

ryan steele also "we're not regular protesters we achieve things through violence" and later "the police are the violent ones" thought they usually go to protests and stab people, beat them up and even light them on fire but yeah... Cops are way more violent with their pepersprays

[@MasterMarcon]

ryan steele I think what they were trying to say that they do not prefer violence, but sometimes it is necessary. Not saying I support or oppose them, just an interpretation

[@Angel-wf6jh]

Theres a difference between liking something and doing something you feel you need to do. If you think the guy got a boner after punching the guy you're porbably right but that is an assumption unless you see the bulge 100%

[@tagle2mec243]

Ryan steele It's useless to quote that and put it outside of their context, they have well explained how they are looking at the situation. There are many people, greeks philosopher, painter, writter, and they all were against war but if the painting and the music and the philosophal thing have been able to be that evolved, that peaceful and now they are against all form of violence it was only because at one certain point their countries were dominant and heavyli armed. Their peaceful will have seen the day "because of wars" / "thanks to wars". That is not a nonsense, if someone try to lead and grow by being aggressive, violent, making people around being scary, and if the government do nothing against them then the only possible option might be the violence, may you hate it or love it, it might be the only possible option to stop that. So yes, you can be violent and sometimes you could even NEED to be violent in order to live in peace and that, even if you hate violence.

[@yellowkarter14]

lol, but they don't need to be violent. What they are doing is the opposite of what anyone needs. These people are ignorant and dangerous. To give any type of justification for their actions is absolute ludicrous

[@superdave577]

I'm really glad you attacked that Newspaper box, it was really pissing me off and looked like a troublemaker.

[@terranaxiomuk]

Yeah that bin is a symbol of oppression ir some sht 😆

[@cnjor2331]

Yeah

[@beatbox9985]

It was in the Confederate army once

[@dialectixemcee2428]

it was cuz the pig was chasing

[@RGRundeRGRound]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kadenhays2331]

Never be hard left or hard right

[@noxplay4906]

Goddamn based opinion. Thank you for being normal regardless of your political stance

[@noxplay4906]

Being open-minded and seeing other people as fellow humans instead of enemies is goddamn based I tell you

[@kadenhays2331]

Yup I agree

[@arizonaranger1]

Fighting fire with fire just makes more fire

[@Glaaki13]

nonsense little jester

[@DKTechYT]

*Tries to steal Police bike and gets beaten up* "The cops hate us... lol

[@GamerMomentsToo]

DK Tech 😂

[@theingeniousone5141]

I have never seen a black antifa member In all my time in Kami's Legion

[@pbrexn1]

LOL...police are the meanies

[@canadiantrucker9574]

Rex Noaker How do you get the little black kids to stop jumping on the bed? Put Velcro on the ceiling. How do you get them down? Tell the Mexican kids it's a piñata.

[@Th3Snipe]

Or you know... Ever heard of something called satire and relativation? Look it up. Also look up freedom of speech, political correctness has no place in this worlds society. It keeps politics away from discussing some important problems for example immigration and refugees, because they are afraid of being labelled a nazi by these extreme leftists. I'm not right nor left, I'm a realist.

[@Viv1dCS]

*Grabs police bike* “Why are they hitting me?”

[@Viv1dCS]

Alexander McDaneld haha, didn’t even realize

[@klauslehrmann3906]

'Xactly. Notice how they speak of things only on the surface, saying Trump is a fascist, with no deep explaination. The say the police are violent, without proving Antifa was not the first to resort to violence. They say violent means are a last resort, thus admitting they are willing to be violent, while they are left-wing, who claims to be against violence. Antifa says early on, a lot of people are in danger, without clarifying what group(s) of people are endangered. I'll tell you who are indanger, Antifa, the people who are not muslim invaders. Not the invaders, as you think. The left do not even know what fascism, nazism, tollerence, or help is,thinking help is not pushing others on, but taking over the troubles of others, solving things for them entirely, thus not helping others in the longer run. But hey, the fact that the left thinks only short-term is no new thing. Why does this make me thing of the 2007-movie, Hot Fuzz? Hmmm...

[@sherlockkush8154]

Law exist Antifa extremist breaks the law and gets arrested Every leftist 😲

[@FredLarracuente]

:D :D D :D D :D D :D D :D D :D D :D D :D

[@gronkhfan541]

I hope every cop you ever met dies

[@willyjones3720]

Nothing hard with this crew. So soft so weak and when challenged they cry for the police. They are creating an issue that does not exist

[@thanasis121]

Lenin would be so proud

[@pumpkinlord1117]

There is a lot of talking in the comments, but to be honest, i think its good that Vice lets both extremes talk, unfiltered. Something TV-news cant

[@jennifersuzannebk5149]

Except for the fact that when they represent the alt right they bring up stuff that doesn't even exist and call us Nazis but when they talk about the fascist left they allow them to go around lying about the definition of fascism which is literally people who try and stop others from talking and spreading their points of view

[@sarahjeannexd]

I think what shocks me the most is that being against racism and ethnic cleansing makes you an extremist

[@carlruppert7324]

@@sarahjeannexd no, being against racism and ethnic cleansing doesn't make you an extremist. But indiscriminately assaulting and terrorizing people definitely does.

[@johnsomerville4137]

@@sarahjeannexd I think maybe they say extremist because the bloc are probably one of the left most groups/loose organizations in the US, hence they are the extreme

[@GolfingInParadise783]

@@sarahjeannexd maybe not extreme…just a bunch of crybabies. Can you not see the irony of them being ‘anti fascist’ yet they try and silence the opposing point of view…which is exactly what fascism. These are the most intolerant people in earth, trained Marxist losers with no futures, so they go and wreck innocent peoples businesses and property…you are NOT on the proper side of ‘good v evil’ here. This movement is evil, so is BLM

[@athens13]

Anarchists in Greece are in another level.This is nothing compared to Greece's anarchists.

[@rudiger5926]

True wimps...🔥🔥🔥

[@johntucker3367]

Starting fires and vandalism isn’t fighting anything you’re just making everyone hate you

[@BasedMan14]

Within literally the first five seconds, "Fear is part of our tactics." This is the definition of terrorism.

[@vwem1237]

They dont give a shit, they accomplish their objectives. Fascists are scared to come out.

[@BasedMan14]

Unfortunately, the numbers just aren't there. There have been a few big events by "white supremacists" or however you would like to categorize them though, and they've been largely successful. The meme war is being won though, lol

[@vwem1237]

>Largely succesful >Unite the right 2 has 12 participants >2000 counterprotesters hmm

[@bummerdrummer1649]

@@vwem1237 They're not fascists though. The people you fight largely don't exist and are very few in number. Antifa is going around attacking moderate conservatives, libertarians, classical liberals, etc.

[@bummerdrummer1649]

@Ryan Dulac what? Trump isnt a fascist. To advocate the hurting of someone for political gain or political opinion is no better than such an ideology. PLEASE stop living in a terrible mindset. If you have a discord I'd love to talk to you.

[@johnd1372]

Why can't they google what facism is

[@PhoenixProdLLC]

John D why can't you?

[@ChronikVizzionGaming]

Phoenix Chastaine because he’s right, using physical violence as a means to force your opposition to conform and hide it is exactly what fascism is defined as. I’m not talking about the government form of fascism, I’m talking about the political and social use of the word Fascism.

[@Zenjedi99v2]

NO. It's not. 'It's a governmental system led by a dictator(trump would like to)

[@ChronikVizzionGaming]

There are two definitions for Fascism, do your research before you try to argue with people! Fascism [fash-iz-uh m] - a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, "(forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism)", regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism. Notice the part in parenthesis, that is what i was referring to in the former comment.

[@MS-pe2vt]

im a "commie" myself and i dont believe in any form of anarchy, but i do share some believings and i dont think they are that bad, except if you find an ignorant group of violent people.

[@GermanShephard123]

Hard right + hard left = fascism

[@dom_the3166]

Most braindead take in the comments section.

[@adambraun8290]

🤦‍♂️

[@Hiljaa_]

You just made the nazbol

[@cxarhomell5867]

@@Hiljaa_No, he didn't. You don't even know what nazbol is. It doesn't work, and neither does communism or anarchism.

[@archermadsen7744]

No. Antifa is fighting fascism.

[@Vang2009]

They went so far left they went right

[@FerdarPleaseSubscribe]

How?

[@redhussar1436]

"An anarcho-communist"

[@sth5033]

@@bathory3434 isn't a tankie literally the opposite of an anarcho-communist? leftist, but statist.

[@bathory3434]

@@sth5033 yes, you are right i misspoke

[@jmilber]

Anarcho communists can live on a commune in the USA voluntarily. If membership into anarcho communism is not voluntary, and people demand you give up property/product of your labor, than the people have become the state who enforce that.

[@stephenellis8472]

I didn't vote for them.

[@mclovin9165]

Yeah? Communism without the 'Anarcho' is a stateless classless moneyless society. Are you the type of guy who thinks politics is binary?

[@Happy_Teddy24]

2:54 Has HongKong flashback.

[@chrissomeone2642]

Haha 😂

[@ryanmuro]

chris someone 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@chrissomeone2642]

@@ryanmuro 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@watchman0062]

Oof

[@yeenxx5814]

Hahahahaha

[@damomo13]

So how does this compare now? It goes both ways

[@nick_battags5881]

*brings weapons to riot* “police are the most violent people at marches we don’t like violence”

[@jonaswomack4493]

Nick_battags Police come armed to libraries lmao

[@bigdickmcgee3293]

You don’t have a problem with right wingers marching with assault rifles?

[@TheAdekrijger]

@@bigdickmcgee3293 yeah and terrorist use weapons down the street. But this video isn't about terrorist, neither is it about the extreme right. Every group which carries weapons into the street for delusional political reasons, looking for trouble are bad news in my book.

[@hamishfatcat3385]

@@TheAdekrijger dirty centrist

[@James-fe7wd]

Brings acid bottle spray, cries about getting hit

[@Mike-lc2tq]

except they aren't just attacking nazis and the KKK. They are actively trying to silence anything that doesn't follow far left thinking. They simply label anything they don't like a "fascist" and go after them.

[@andrespleins4560]

I find many different flaws with their ideology because they contradict themselves. They stated at the beginning that they break laws and dress the same so the can’t be identified. They also refuse to let any party besides theirs to peacefully protest and assemble.

[@Redneko.]

Perla Guzman you live in delusion, i can tell you in no uncertain terms that fascism will never rise again in europe or north america, their ideas are so wildly unpopular and they would never be elected into places of power (no, trump is not a fascist) . antifa has again and again targeted innocent individuals who are not fascist nor could be lichened to anything of the sort. the campaigns of doxxing, harassment, threats of violence and real violence conducted by various antifa groups is completely unacceptable and has no place in society regardless of who it is directed towards. what many members of antifa seem to completely miss is that they subscribe to an ideology that is just as disgusting, authoritarian and dangerous to society as any far right fascist, nazi, or white supremacist. radicals and revolutionaries are tyrants in their own right, they do not respect personal liberties and they commit acts of violence against "enablers" (who are simply average working joes trying to live their life) and any and all who do not want to be a part of their revolution. nobody has the right to commit violence against people who are simply exercising their freedom of speech, and yet antifa believes it does. it's disgusting. finally antifa and other anarchist/communist movements are completely misguided, liberal capitalist democracy has done more good things for humanity than any other system and this is undeniable. liberal society has lifted humans beyond our primeval nature to become something truely amazing. communism is a failed ideology it cannot and will not work, nor will it be accepted in the mainstream. if revolutionaries start a war, it will end, but they won't be the ones on top.

[@GalaxyGal-]

Tinzin Then you weren’t paying attention to your history lectures. “Fascism will come to America clothed in the flag carrying a cross.” Modern fascists deny that they are fascist, both to themselves and the public. They call themselves “classical liberals,” “white nationalists,” and “national socialists.” They appeal to the working white man, because they give him someone to blame for his troubles. They will get the centrists one day too unless we stop them.

[@tyrantjo6442]

Sounds pretty fascist too me

[@Redneko.]

Carl Grimes's Eyepatch id rather you not take the centrists either, i want them to stay right where they are. far leftist movements, marxism, communism, and socialism are just as toxic and disgusting as fascists. all these extreme ideologies are equally abhorrent for the simple reason that they reject the idea of natural unalienable rights and individualism. the fact that you believe classical liberals are fascists further cements my distain for radicals. i love freedom, i hate tyranny, and friend, tyranny is what you're suggesting we accept.

[@gordonbman2911]

Why does VICE portray Black Bloc like some Anti-Heros while always bashing anything that's barely conservative. That's some great Journalism.

[@ZimonTheGuy]

"Journalism is the practice of gathering, recording, verifying, and reporting on information of public importance." i hope that clears it out for ya :)

[@blitzn00dle50]

all they showed you was what black bloc members said. another demonstration of the infamous left-wing bias of reality

[@andrewford4473]

10:08 who responds to a church getting shot up? Police that’s right but we hate them right ? Gotcha gotcha

[@lukebyrd8406]

The fascists of the future will call themselves anti-fascist. -Winston Churchill

[@MasterMarcon]

fake quote

[@lukebyrd8406]

MasterMarcon go suck off the try guys

[@Audiodump]

paleofuture.gizmodo.com/9-quotes-from-winston-churchill-that-are-totally-fake-1790585636 He's right though.

[@FredrickTesla]

The quote's real, just has the wrong name on it. Huey Long, a Democratic populist politician said it. So, quote's not fake, just misattributed. And the quote is extremely true.

[@Random_Chiroptera]

FredrickTesla Beat me to it. I do find it hilarious that these leftists will ONLY go so far as to prove Churchill didn't say that, but before calling it fake, they don't bother to check if someone actually *did* say it.

[@reasoningbrute903]

the words ''facsists'' and ''nazis' are being thrown around so much that they lost all their meaning

[@hexon6956]

no, its just that a violent attempt at a coup in the worlds greatest superpower is a fascist thing to do.

[@lordfarquaad380]

they really are talking about fascists and nazis though. the proud boys are a real group of them and they’re everywhere.

[@reasoningbrute903]

@@lordfarquaad380 🤦🏻‍♂

[@MK_ULTRA420]

@@lordfarquaad380 🤡

[@lordfarquaad380]

@@reasoningbrute903 I genuinely have no idea why you’re slapping your forehead. Are they not neonazis? Like there are clips of the exact type of people they are talking about in the video 😭

[@timmyturnt5567]

7:58 ain’t no way he thinks antifa is a non violent organization. everywhere they go there’s always violence perpetrated by them🤣🤣🤣

[@nedwilliams8806]

"Fascism is whatever i want it to be in that moment to justify my pseudo action"

[@archermadsen7744]

No, fascism is very real, and very dangerous.

[@RobertMorgan]

"Fear is part of our tactics..." Um, that's terrorism, brah. By any definition.

[@yeetusdeletus9]

Fr It's literally in the name TERRORism

[@dadafish1]

It's also used by the government.. brah. simp

[@j.cun777]

@@dadafish1 nah g

[@idekript9978]

@@j.cun777 Do as your told or else, is that familiar to you?

[@idekript9978]

Terrorism is when a Government imposes fear on its people, not just any random joe or a bunch of kids wearing hoodies and masks. 1795, in specific sense of "government intimidation during the Reign of Terror in France" (March 1793-July 1794)

[@therealleafy2040]

I love how he says we don't want them to hurt us, find our houses, disrupt our lives or jobs but quite literally say that's what that want to do

[@wipeEU]

yeah, to literal nazis

[@1035Ghuraba]

@@wipeEU who cares about what they think? Are we policing peoples thoughts now? I don’t agree with nazis but they can have their own shitty opinions. It doesn’t matter in the end.

[@M1DA5_]

@@wipeEU Ok? You know what Nazis do, right? Attack people and ruin them based on political stance. You're no better then the people you claim to hate.

[@sophiewildee]

@@1035Ghuraba what do you mean nazis having nazi opinions ‘doesn’t matter in the end’??? it fucking mattered in 1930s Germany and don’t think it can’t happen again. every decent person has a responsibility to stand against fascists because we know what happens if we don’t

[@imstuff2499]

@@wipeEU Nazi= Anyone that has a different opinion

[@Bepetoni]

Noticing out and proud nazies visiting our place of work lately. This portrayal of community is deeply comforting for my asocial ass.

[@Benutzername260]

How do you know they are nazis?

[@gremlin_22]

​@@Benutzername260nazis are usually very loud that theyre nazis (tats are usually a massive sign)

[@smith2354]

4chan be like "ALRIGHT EVERYBODY, PAY ATTENTION TO THEIR EYES, VOICES, AND GAIT! WE CAN TRACK THESE GUYS DOWN AND DOX THEM!"

[@austinhealey1120]

They will too haha

[@johnyoung4441]

They have an entire database on ANTIFA members

[@pizzahut5308]

Well when you are bashing people in the head, who are just trying to keep the peace, with a bike lock you should be doxed and arrested.

[@mrlassotool]

@@x-x-xx-cfdsde5444 We still have far more right win terrorism in the US. Look it up.

[@mithrandell9239]

Acurssed I doubt that unless you count terrorist acts perpetrated by left wing countries (which is probably nothing compared to all the other neoliberal countries in the world)

[@user-ws1ez8rg8b]

Yes this must work... because all great activists like Luther, Gandhi, Etc went around wearing masks punching people in the face and destroying public property!!!

[@supajudah84]

604 778 Dr. King was shot...🤔

[@cianllyr]

I mean Nelson Mandela used violent tactics but okay sure 😂

[@oxolotleman7226]

Jab Judah but that was somebody that shot him, it's not him going around shooting others.

[@supajudah84]

I said that to ask does peaceful protesting work? I mean Dr. King was all about peacefully protesting, marches, and speeches only to end up with a high powered round to his chest.

[@Legions_666]

and it didn't work. so that's why they try violence which does work btw

[@inksmith2000]

how are you different than the brown shirts

[@rbxless]

Because we stop the brown shirts? Because we organize on a local and syndical, not national level? Because we actually believe in a better world for all?

[@tinman3586]

​@@rbxlessYou think the people you describe as Fascists don't think the same thing? You think in their eyes they aren't fighting for a better world too? The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

[@rbxless]

@@tinman3586 Last time I checked, fascists don't fight other fascists. Nor do they believe in a better world for all, only for their own race.

[@creolakuck3267]

Some of the contents may not be proper.

[@shiri4frnz]

Extremists are Extremists, doesn't matter if you're far-left or far-right.

[@mindremote]

Shreyance Parakh it does if only one side is killing people

[@E_The_American]

Both sides kill.... It's called extremism for a reason. lol

[@E_The_American]

America's far left and far right aren't the only extremist in the world.

[@mindremote]

ObstructedDelusions I doubt you can name one example

[@E_The_American]

lol Are you testing me? You should know that extremism can be born in any country at any given time in it's existence, whether through religious means or political. here's some examples. www.counterextremism.com/countries

[@nics.x1917]

i see a lot of alan walker supporters

[@ShoaibKhan-bz5qm]

yea defo reminded me of him

[@theemeraldcookie]

Not knowing that they are one in the same. "one wing each of the same exact bird!" For this I pray.

[@pizdrinkah]

So workers owning their factories and killing people because of the colour of their skin are the same thing???

[@dom_the3166]

Ah yes - "Facists and Anti-Facists are the same thing, I am very smart".

[@dehistoriapisciumfish7639]

How are they the same thing?

[@theemeraldcookie]

Because a Facist is, well a Facist in the traditional definition and an Anti-Facist is basically a Facist on crack. So different wings, same bird. Only they think they are soooo different but in reality they are pretty much the exact same. Menacing, destructive, oppressive, mentally unstable and actually in charge of NOTHING!!!!!@@dehistoriapisciumfish7639

[@leonardodtc4847]

@@dom_the3166They are violent and censoring the same way.

[@GruntProof]

the high volume of soy fogged up my screen

[@bmitch5741]

When you go to fight monsters, be careful that you don’t become a monster yourself

[@lukasbryant9881]

This is wisdom

[@beatbox9985]

I dont get it I've never seen a nazi are they like leprechauns?

[@bmitch5741]

@@beatbox9985 there rare but they do exist I’ve seen one in my life time in irl

[@bmitch5741]

@@beatbox9985 to be honest I’ve never seen a confirmed antifa member irl but I do support your point. I avoid protests at all costs and where I originally grew up was super rural so I never saw one. But I have seen radical leftists.

[@robloxpwnr7604]

@@bmitch5741 living in Toronto I’ve seen both, skinheads and neo-nazis hang around the skate parks with doc martens and SS tattoos included as well as you’ll see antifa and very hard left leaning people wearing all black with batons in their pants. Skirmishes are very rare though and most individuals on both sides are all bark and no bite

[@theamazingchannel470]

Fight against white supremacy and racism.... Don't have any black or brown members. 🤔

[@fredb2858]

@Irreliva Vonic How was he being racist?

[@harambe8079]

Irreliva Vonic you are beyond stupid

[@nikkoandkyle]

@cullrapists brown and black people kill each other in the thousands. Cops kills them in numbers that aren't even close.

[@heathkorinek2477]

@ cullrapists: Oh yeah? How many black, or brown people were shot during the Mike Brown, Trayvon Martin, countless BLM riots? That's right ABSOLUTELY ZERO. Please respond with your rhetoric about how Brown, and Martain were just innocent little boys in their early teens (like those straight up propaganda photos shown on the news)...please please show yourself to be either totally ignorant of the TRUTH, or just a bold faced liar. PLEASE!

[@alondor8157]

Bahaha. This was hilarious.

[@staei7457]

Gas station workers do be gettin crazy.

[@jorgehernandez1490]

"We're against big oppressive government" waves the hammer and sickle

[@CristianMartinez-vp7wp]

jorge hernandez The ultimate goal of socialism is to establish an anarchist society. Read a book, you buffoon.

[@HolyWisdom93]

Just Different because anarchy works, read a book buffoon.

[@CristianMartinez-vp7wp]

Alien It actually does. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_Catalonia Not only that, but I am just responding to his moronic comment, I wasn't trying to say anarchism works.

[@williamjuul3504]

couldn;t agree more

[@YourSideHoe]

Communism & authoritarianism is different. Oh and it’s not even what Marxist is and the rest of the variations. Go read.

[@what7287]

so much irony and hypocrisy in one video.

[@NeostormXLMAX]

lmao VICE is basically the hardleft themselves

[@JoseGranny]

NeostormXLMAX You might want to look up who Gavin McInnes is.

[@j20reis]

A_Transposition_Error gavin left vice BECAUSE it was going hard left.

[@doublestarranch6070]

They don't advocate the use of violence guys... oh ... or wait they do advocate the use of violence. Or is it that they just don't advocate someone else using violence on them because it hurts their feelings? Nonetheless it's not like they hide behind a mask like a terrorist does...no wait.. I was just informed they do in fact wear masks by the man child..I mean She-man child ..no I mean something that is about something else. But seriously what the hell do they actually want to accomplish?

[@Doodlebug1996]

This is why we need legal carry

[@user-cy5hn7no7b]

It still amazes me that these people turn up to events wearing jackboots, covering their faces, carrying weapons, and attacking unarmed people and still consider themselves antifascists

[@musically-assureddestructi8843]

they’re unwitting stooges for corporate interests and they don’t even realize it

[@Walker733]

They only do that because they know their opponents won't retaliate.

[@T1kr3b3u]

"Communist" doesn't sound as palatable as "ANTI FASCIST" lol...

[@archermadsen7744]

Absolutely delusional. Violence and fascism are not the same thing. You can fight fascism with violence. Antifa are the only people brave enough to resist fascism.

[@beckettherbert6544]

Black Bloc Guy: Violence is the last resort.” Other Black Bloc Guy: Proceeds to punch a random guy in the face.

[@yeet9410]

Random guy? Did you even watch the vid? The dude, Richard Spenser, is AN OPEN WHITE NATIONALIST

[@yarnf.8880]

@@yeet9410 so?

[@yeet9410]

@@yarnf.8880 wdym so?

[@yeet9410]

@@shurikenf1462 you realize we went to war with the nazis in ww2 right? Like these are not just political beliefs these are fucking fascists. Go listen to Richard Spenser talk and you’ll see what I’m talking about

[@hw29472]

@@shurikenf1462 They literally are. They are nazi facists. Thats the point. And yes I do believe facists should be afraid to express their opinion. Their ideology should not be acceptable. Freedom of speech refers to the governments restrictions on speech. Facists want the state to restrict us. Anarchists want the people to control what is acceptable to be said in modern society. The distinction is important.

[@karlxii5316]

Nazis: Came to power by beating the shit out of anyone who disagrees with their political views Antifa: Beating the shit out of anyone who disagrees with their political views Hmmm wonder where this is going

[@Saiputera]

Augusto Pinochet and it will happen again if these neocons/liberal doesnt learn history

[@FriendlyCroock]

Vice are dangerous far left propagandists who WE (conservatives, independents, left leaning, whatever) have to get rid of before it's too late. It is frightening and sad to see what power and influence the neo Stalinists have across the west. You'd think those people would be something to laugh at whenever they gather but they're running nations and even making EXPERIMENTS like globalization! It is AMAZING what is happening.

[@FriendlyCroock]

Mitch Woody That's because Nazi Germany were violent like your antifa. lol That is why people used violence against nazi Germany. To defend themselves and to defend those who were oppressed. So if anything it's your ANTIFA that we need to fight and punch and kick. As for the Soviets, they were some of the most brutal, murderous and oppressive regime in history. I'd be ashamed of myself to sympathize with them.

[@rangerartemis9579]

Yeah uh Nazis came to power via the vote of the German people after the main candidate stepped down from office so

[@arronandjodierayner4761]

FriendlyCrooc Violence doesn’t solve anything. People who have nothing to hide -hide nothing. They talk in the video about having to hide for fear of being harassed (people finding out their address, being harassed at work or boss’ contacted) and/or terrorized by the other side and out of the other side of their mouth speak of how they harass and call peoples work etc. If you listen to this video you can hear the same verbiage from this group as you hear from neo-nazi, fear and power. They are exactly the same just on opposite spectrums - there is a happy middle ground here both have the right to speak their opinion but are both jaded in their own politics.

[@InveterateMendaciousness]

I wonder what they think of churchill

[@Lumantrix]

He’s a great barber all my haircuts from him wear great

[@YTJaimeJack]

me and my boys still playing ninjas at 20 years old

[@savagex466-qt1io]

Or the Empire from Star Wars. All black makes me think of the Harkonons from Dune movie lol

[@splinteredspace3469]

I used to know many in the Black Bloc during late 90s WTO protests and after that they spread everywhere. I was outtve HS but quickly realized a good percentage of these Antifa/ Crust Anarcho Punks are just trust fund kids with nothing to do. I had to get a job so I fuckin left. And it wasn't just cuz of that. They really do think they are better than you and everyone.

[@donaldduck2970]

Almost 5 years later and looking back retrospectively these people accomplished absolutely nothing

[@DefensiveDriver]

If anything they made the right stronger lol

[@julianG1212]

They’re goal is to abolish all hierarchy.

[@AnonymousReader-er4eg]

They've increased polarization. That's an accomplishment as it sets the scene for the physical divisions and unrest to come. (Most of) Urban America is becoming increasingly leftist and liberal, meanwhile (most of) Rural America is becoming increasingly rightist and conservative. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. 2020 should have been a red-flag, not the protests, but the riots that followed them had a far larger spread domestically (and internationally) than in '68 and '92, as the white population continues to decline and minorities make up a larger proportion of Americans. Whites themselves are posed to become a minority by 2045, and given their declining birth rates, this projection is quite likely. Both, the far-left and far-right have become more popular thanks to their rapid spread online, and both appear to be calling their supporters to arms, but for now, only a minority have done so. Thankfully, at the moment, it's mostly just a bunch of foolish adolescents who have nothing better to do, and are just looking for a life purpose even if its petty violence. But once the new generation of political extremists in America matures and grows up, only to be more radical than the last, it's bound to get worse from there on-wards.

[@nidhogg6344]

@@julianG1212 yes, they want to abolish hierarchy, because they are at the bottom.

[@M60A3]

They were tired of holding Signs and amounting toi nothing so they Still do the same thing with the addition of being violents

[@user-fu3ir9hr3k]

They were the best roadrunners in streets. ANTI-ANTIFA

[@lainiw4kura]

Probably too afraid to ask the waiter for ketchup

[@rell0223]

why do they all sound like they are about to cry?

[@jabibgalt5551]

First, because they are fully involved in what they do, emotionally and psychologically, and they feel true passion regarding their purpose. Second, they must feel deep sorrow, given that their role as Antifa has a very tragic side to it; they go through constant fear, violence, hatred, rejection and solitude, which may seem unjust given that they are fighting for a legit good cause: against fascism. I am sure all that is very hard to deal with.

[@jabibgalt5551]

@Andrew Christopher Fascism is the arbitrary use of violence against peaceful individuals based on motives of nationality and race. Antifa is a movement against that. So, what's wrong with it? You are based on a fallacy of generalization. You are assuming that all people involved in Antifa are the same. But chances and probability are against you. People's characteristics and attributes can be combined endlessly. There are all sorts of people. But the only thing they all share for sure, is their rejection towards fascism. Fascism is hell, man; that is a fact. It is violence and blood. So it is understandable when people get violent against those who promote fascism. Wouldn't you get mad at a bunch of people on the street promoting pedophilia? Sorry you don't get to promote fascism in a peaceful way? Of course not, you don't get to promote violence in a peaceful way. Antifa is the reaction from people against fascist propaganda. People fighting that fight, even though they make mistakes, deserve respect and support.

[@reptiledisfunction9232]

Fragility

[@reptiledisfunction9232]

​@@vagabaassassina3461 you and Andrew are both wrong, but Andrew at least has a sense of humor, you're just making a threat. Which is ironically unprotected speech. Still feel like you're on the right side of history? You shouldn't, degenerate.

[@reptiledisfunction9232]

@@jabibgalt5551 Antifa and anyone else using violence in any way towards any goal should rot in prison. This is a democracy, you don't get to bitch and whine and throw a fit when the government is in a rightward swing. That's antidemocratic, and wrong. Most of all it's childish. That doesn't even mention the fact that they're diametrically opposed to free speech, which is terrible and reprehensible on its own. Once you get your head out of your ass and stop calling everyone you disagree with a nazi so you feel ok about punching them; Take a look at this objectively and you'll see there's a whole lot wrong with it. Just to clarify, anyone on the other side using violence is just as bad. But antics is worse because they have such a cunty and smug attitude about it, it pisses me off, they show no remorse for being terrible people. Truly slimy and disgusting.

[@loading5578]

This guy says I’ve gone home with bruises some went home with broken arms well what did you expect u were blocking the road did u want goodie bag

[@thezohan6274]

21M Views lmaoo exactly

[@thebanana8550]

No, but he's trying to demonstrate that the police aren't fucking angels when it comes do dealing with conflict, so we shouldn't be either. Blocking the street is a pretty effective way to be heard.

[@bronsongt]

Yet fascists are allowed to escape unharmed.

[@purkle200]

the banana It's disruptive and can cause problems. Like say if an ambulance is rushing someone to the ER that needs surgery stat and if they're late they die. That's all on Antifa

[@thebanana8550]

+prkle200 I mean the streets they're blocking are usually cleared anyway since they're along the marching routes of the Alt-Right groups Antifa is protesting. Blocking a trafficked thoroughfare is amoral and disruptive unless you've already worked with law enforcement to ensure a route through, but blocking a side road that's already closed is not an issue. Also I'm sure most members of Antifa would get out of the way stat if an ambulance needed to get through.

[@carlhancke8730]

“The rights will track our employers and jobs and try to beat us up” Proceeds to do exactly the same 😂

[@CrisisGuildWOW]

right? hypocrites, yet they are so brainwashed, they can't see it.

[@blitzn00dle50]

@@CrisisGuildWOW how antifa sees it, persecuting someone for a belief that they can change literally today is not the same as persecuting someone for something arbitrary and unchangeable. to argue against them requires that you deconstruct this belief

[@dailytriggered]

I wanna interview the people at these protest and see if they even know what the definition of fascism is.

[@dailytriggered]

Side note you shouldn’t be allowed to vote unless you understand basic us history. Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it. And these Antifa protest look a lot like the beer hall putsch.

[@XS-03_Apollo]

@@dailytriggeredWell, there goes the entire voting base.

[@hugohugo2832]

Or if any of these anti racism warriors are actually black!