Quote (Thor123422 @ 19 Aug 2020 05:19)
I thought posting the USSR anthem would make it obvious. Once again I overestimate conservatives
So we agree in principal that punching Nazis is fine, its just a problem of identifying who they are.
No, that's far from the only problem with antifa. You just ignored all the points I was making.
It is a problem identifying them, but it's also a problem agreeing on a definition of what actually constiutes a nazi. Coming to a society-wide agreement (one that e.g. 80% of the population can sign off on) is very different from using the definition of far-left antifa circles. For example, a large majority of the country would presumably not consider Andy Ngo an actual nazi or deserving of a beatdown.
And like I said, it is also a problem when a group without democratic legitimization like antifa challenges the state's monopoly on the use of violence.
And on top of that, antifa is not only trying to prevent actual nazi movements from gaining strength again, they are also trying to expand the definition of nazism all the time. Antifa is not just about fighting against actual nazis, they are also about suppressing and delegitimizing constiutional right-wing beliefs and movements.