Federal authorities have been warning state and local officials since early 2016 that leftist extremists known as “antifa” had become increasingly confrontational and dangerous, so much so that the Department of Homeland Security formally classified their activities as “domestic terrorist violence,” according to interviews and confidential law enforcement documents obtained by POLITICO.
Source: FBI, Homeland Security warn of more ‘antifa’ attacks – POLITICO
I know, I know… We are required to be civilized and stuff. So we can’t shoot them…. yet.
So maybe this info is why all of the sudden the Democrats and the Media are trying to separate themselves from Antifa. I just could not digest that they were unaware for eight frigging months that there was a bunch of black hooded animals attacking people they don’t like for any reason.
And do not believe Antifa will disappear. That kind of deniable tool is too tempting for the Left to simply destroy. They will probably be re-branded into something else, perhaps all red like the Chavistas’ “Colectivos” in Venezuela.
I think some of them will form the next Weatherman -like terrorist organization. The hard core Socialist Revolutionaries are right now looking at and selecting those that are fanatical enough to go underground. The bulk of the Protest mobs are just silly, stupid high school and college age kids wanting to be cool/woke/belong to the in crowd. Scattered in there are the true believers, the brainwashed, the fanatics, hard core Communists. These will be the foot soldiers, and the supporting, enabling, staff.
Just like the SDS, Students for Democratic Society were the mass organization that the Weatherman Terrorists came from in the 1960’s and 1970’s.
You know how some on the right predict and prep for a civil war?
So are the left. And the Left have lots of examples.
I don’t care if they are rioting over the price of pantyhose or if it is the Amish or the Little Sisters of the Poor…if they present a violent physical threat to me or mine, they will earn either .308 or .45 ACP depending on the range.
The police had better do their damn job and arrest rioters or you will see good people shooting the rioters.