@[email protected]M to Confidently [email protected] • 1 year agoYou probably don’t need a masters degree to debunk this one.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square345fedilinkarrow-up11.63Karrow-down137
arrow-up11.6Karrow-down1imageYou probably don’t need a masters degree to debunk this one.lemmy.world@[email protected]M to Confidently [email protected] • 1 year agomessage-square345fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•1 year agoIt is a contradiction, though. “Antifa are ANTI fascist - it’s in the name!!” “The Nazis weren’t socialist - you could name yourself whatever you want!!”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink17•1 year agoExcept Antifa isn’t a formal organization, it’s a descriptor for an ideology. An organization can call itself anything, even if it isn’t a proper descriptor, but an ideology is by necessity defined by its name.
It is a contradiction, though.
“Antifa are ANTI fascist - it’s in the name!!”
“The Nazis weren’t socialist - you could name yourself whatever you want!!”
Except Antifa isn’t a formal organization, it’s a descriptor for an ideology. An organization can call itself anything, even if it isn’t a proper descriptor, but an ideology is by necessity defined by its name.