There are different levels of proof, and you know this. Antifa shows up and associates (loosely) with the counter-protesters who are overwhelmingly made up of people on the left. People on the left laud their actions, including some of their violence. Some of them wave or graffiti the hammer and sickle. But since they…

He can’t do it. You are asking a partisan hack who sees the world as left and right to now make a new distinction. You would be better off trying to split atoms between your fingers,

Dude just don’t even. This guy pulled the same shit with me, like almost the exact same argument. Even when I just said the word “No” he still claimed I wasn’t answering his simple question.
He’s a troll who will deliberately misinterpret whatever you say and claim you can’t/won’t answer him.

It’s whataboutism and Russia has been using it for decades. The idea is if your side does the same or similar things, then you’re a hypocrite for calling the other side out for doing it and therefore your opinion is irrelevant.

Would you mind defining what you think of when you say “proof”? Their preference for counter-demonstrating conservative events instead of left-leaning ones is, in my mind, a fairly clear indicator of their general leanings.

I agree with you, but you forgot to mention that some antifa are just bored rich kids looking to blow shit up.

Please stop moving the goalposts. You asked me to prove that they were on the left, not that they were the “equivalent of neo-Nazis” (whatever that means)

...Seriously?

Right now you’re either being disingenuous or stupid.

I’ll write it off to “Asshole Detente.” I’ll let Anti-Fascist groups actually fight against the Fascists. I have a funny feeling that if the Fascists disappear, so to0 do the groups that aren’t going to settle for singing Kumbaya in defense.

It kinda blows my mind that it’s easier for some people to blame Antifa on the Russians than simply admit that their side has assholes and try to stem their influence.

>>> “This sudden, aggressive, and unified social media response (“What about Antifa? What about BLM? ”) seems suspicious...” <<<