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Re:The ACLU Asks in 1934: Shall We Defend Free Speech for Na... by leereeves on Friday August 18, 2017 @09:14AM (#15045774)
I'm talking about the people who call themselves Antifa now, not everyone who's ever used that name.

There's no direct connection between those people in 1932 and these people in 2017, except using the same name.

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Re:The ACLU Asks in 1934: Shall We Defend Free Speech for Na... by croon on Friday August 18, 2017 @09:16AM (#15045782)
> I'm talking about the people who call themselves Antifa now, not everyone who's ever used that name.

> There's no direct connection between those people in 1932 and these people in 2017, except using the same name.

And you're basing this on what?

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Re:The ACLU Asks in 1934: Shall We Defend Free Speech for Na... by leereeves on Friday August 18, 2017 @09:37AM (#15045960)
The many years that passed between the two.
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