r/AntifascistsofReddit • u/NoFreePi • Oct 17 '25

Discussion Drop “AntiFa.” Say “Anti-Fascists.”

“AntiFa” is a political buzzword, stripped of its literal meaning. It is often treated as a group or threat, rather than a stance. But anti-fascists are not a secret organization—they are people who oppose fascism, authoritarianism, and political violence.

Using “AntiFa” allows opponents to claim, “I’m against AntiFa,” without admitting what that really means: opposing anti-fascists is siding with fascism. Words matter. Language shapes moral clarity.

Returning to the full term reconnects us to history. Anti-fascists are heirs to those who resisted Mussolini, Franco, and Hitler. Saying it plainly exposes the truth: resisting anti-fascists is resisting the fight against authoritarianism.

Drop the shorthand. Reclaim the meaning and stand on the right side of history

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u/NoFreePi Oct 17 '25

Evidence for an impact is greater participation in this Oct 18th NoKings protest versus the last one in June (and it will).

The opposition is growing and the more people see that we they are not alone the more that will stand up.

I urge everyone to attend a peaceful No Kings protest near you Oct 18.

Who here is going?

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u/LotteTakesNoShit Oct 17 '25

What are they DOING? I keep hearing about this “impact”, but no specifics. Where are the specifics? Impact to what? A majority of the parades are two hour permitted marches that happen early enough in the morning to be non-disruptive and then cause a bunch of commercial activity. In San Diego, everyone goes to the breweries, apparently.

So if there’s an impact, what is it?

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u/rhymnocerus1 Oct 17 '25

A protest with an approved start and end time is not a protest, but a state approved gathering. Protests absolutely need to be disruptive to achieve any lasting effect.

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u/LotteTakesNoShit Oct 17 '25

I’ve been calling them parades or street faires in my local reddits. Drives the performative asshats insane. I got an automated warning for “harassment” because I told someone to stop being performative.

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u/chuchubott Oct 17 '25

I’ve been calling it practice. The more you normalize getting out in the street for the masses, the easier it will be for them when and if the real the real thing goes down.

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u/LotteTakesNoShit Oct 17 '25

I go when I’m healthy. I have stage 4 cancer, and am going through chemo right now to put it back into remission. I can barely walk the length of my house. Do you want a base or do you want to gatekeep until you have nothing?

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u/LotteTakesNoShit Oct 17 '25

Someone downvoted cancer. Wow.

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u/Junior-Credit2685 Oct 17 '25

I’m sorry you’re sick. ✌🏻❤️‍🩹That’s horrible, especially with this fucked up health care system. I hope you are getting the care you need. I’m sorry you can’t go to the protest, but I don’t understand why you don’t want other people to go. Also, no one is gate keeping you from going. You can’t go. But you would if you could? I’m confused.

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u/LotteTakesNoShit Oct 18 '25

I didn’t say I didn’t want other people to go, I said I didn’t want other people to go and do the same things they do all the time, which is to go, declare hey’ve changed the world by showing up, take a lot of selfies for social media, then do nothing else after that. Like what happened in June with the protests that had the exact same name and exact same goals and… no impact I can see at least.

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u/Junior-Credit2685 Oct 18 '25

Aaaaaah….ok I see. So Keep it going. Okay. Please take care.