There are very few memes that are as dumb and insulting as this one. It works because people conflate Antifa with being antifascist and therefore being pro-democracy, albeit while having a very hazy notion of what the term democracy means. An old friend, whom I have known for more than half a century, posted this on their Facebook feed the other day, and I was genuinely shocked, as her father, like mine, was a combat veteran of World War II. So, I guess it’s time for a quick history review.
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