Susan Brassfield Cogan
2 min readAug 23, 2017

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Here is how one self-described antifa activist explained the label to TIME: “The standard for antifa ideology is anti-capitalism, anti-fascism of course. Those are kind of the two main pillars, but within that, encompassed, it also comes with being anti-racism, anti-sexism, anti-ableism, anti-transphobia, anything like that and just protecting people who are marginalized and oppressed.” Another said that antifa activists are simply “going against this idea that a certain group of elite get to have control over everybody else.”

The KKK-racist-white supremacist, etc. say they want to kill people and actually do. That’s the speech they want to be “free.” Those are the “ideas” the Antifa are so rude about.

Communism, anti-capitalism and anarchism are all toothless tigers. This country is in no danger of becoming communist or even anti-capitalist. If we even get unions back it will be a bleeding miracle.

But the racists/Nazis/fascists say they want to hurt and kill people and they do. Violence is in their DNA. They murdered someone a few days ago. That was not the first time and it will not be the last.

Calling a civil rights activist a “communist” in order to discredit them is not a new tactic. It has always transparently been used to shield terrorists and killers and to demonize the people who oppose them.

It only works on people who don’t want to look at themselves in the mirror and tell the truth.

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Susan Brassfield Cogan
Susan Brassfield Cogan

Written by Susan Brassfield Cogan

I write self-help, life coaching, and political opinion. I am a creativity and mindfulness coach https://linktr.ee/susanbcogan

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