# Antifa bike lock attacker ARRESTED! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 25, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antifa-bike-lock-attacker-arrested/787446 "2017-05-25T22:00:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antifa-bike-lock-attacker-arrested/787446/41 "2017-05-27T01:58:53Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > Perhaps you missed it, but “ANTIFA” is short for “ANTI-FAscist”. They’re essentially extremist anti-Trump leftists. The people who claim that label for themselves often get ridiculed as “ANTI-First-Amendment” by their opponents for their assaults on people expressing viewpoints they disagree with. Trump doesn’t claim the “ANTIFA” label or self-identify as ANTIFA. In fact, he often gets accused of quite the opposite (see **running coach** ’s post, for example). I have only heard it as ‘anti Fist Amendment’. Obviously Trump would not call himself ‘anti-fascist’, since he _is_ a fascist. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antifa-bike-lock-attacker-arrested/787446/42 "2017-05-27T03:24:20Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I have only heard it as ‘anti Fist Amendment’. > > Obviously Trump would not call himself ‘anti-fascist’, since he _is_ a fascist. Antifa started in Europe, the fashioned themselves in the spirit of anti fascist German groups from the 30s (and see how well _that_ worked out) Basically they are in the game of justifying their angry, abusive and violent tendencies by calling people Nazis. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antifa-bike-lock-attacker-arrested/787446/43 "2017-05-27T03:34:40Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I have only heard it as ‘anti Fist Amendment’. > > Obviously Trump would not call himself ‘anti-fascist’, since he _is_ a fascist. “Antifa” means “anti-fascist,” and that’s how the word’s been used since I’ve first heard it maybe five or so years ago. Critics will say that it stands for “Anti First Amendment” because of the violent and silencing tactics some (many? most?) antifa demonstrators use. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antifa-bike-lock-attacker-arrested/787446/44 "2017-05-27T04:39:43Z")
Antifa are left wing extremist, bullys who shout down and call anyone who tries to hold a dialogue with them, “Fascists” and “Nazis”. They feel the first amendment doesn’t protect hate speech or Nazis. Though convienently it is them who decide who the Nazis are and what constitutes hate speech. They are almost always white, middle-upper class cretins from age 16-35 (though there are exceptions of course). They almost always wear masks and have a vocabulary of about 50 words. Really…anyone in this thread who arn’t aware of them…avail yourselves of them in Boston and Berkley. They somehow manage to make Trumpsters look good. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antifa-bike-lock-attacker-arrested/787446/45 "2017-05-27T12:01:11Z")
Fake news. The guy they arrested is a Trump supporter trying to stir things up. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antifa-bike-lock-attacker-arrested/787446/46 "2017-05-27T12:56:55Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > Perhaps you missed it, but “ANTIFA” is short for “ANTI-FAscist”. > [@pulykamell](#): > > “Antifa” means “anti-fascist,” and that’s how the word’s been used since I’ve first heard it maybe five or so years ago. As I said, I’ve only heard it as ‘anti-First Amendment’. I stand corrected. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antifa-bike-lock-attacker-arrested/787446/47 "2017-05-27T13:11:05Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > As I said, I’ve only heard it as ‘anti-First Amendment’. I stand corrected. Oh, I understand. What you heard refers to the same people; it makes sense since you heard if from far-right extremists, who especially view their actions as anti-First Amendment, so they’ve reworked the meaning of the name much like, I dunno, you might hear far-Leftists say GOP stands for greedy old pricks or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antifa-bike-lock-attacker-arrested/787446/48 "2017-05-27T15:47:50Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Fake news. The guy they arrested is a Trump supporter trying to stir things up. Pretty sure you’re wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antifa-bike-lock-attacker-arrested/787446/49 "2017-05-27T16:22:05Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > Pretty sure you’re wrong. If it is…man that is some DEEP cover. Dude anticipated Trumps election some 15 years ago…became a leftist professor…anticipated that 4chan would find him via the kind of pen in his back pocket…dude is fucking Professor Moriarty. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antifa-bike-lock-attacker-arrested/787446/50 "2017-05-27T19:24:05Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > Pretty sure you’re wrong. I took his statement as a parody of right wing talking points, where they say fake news, Hillary supporter stirring shit up. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antifa-bike-lock-attacker-arrested/787446/51 "2017-05-27T23:42:19Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I took his statement as a parody of right wing talking points, where they say fake news, Hillary supporter stirring shit up. I thought he meant that a Trump supporter was claiming to be the guy who committed the assault, which had me really confused until I realized he was implying the assault was committed by a Trump supporter. Neither scenario is very plausible. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antifa-bike-lock-attacker-arrested/787446/52 "2017-05-28T02:43:57Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > Antifa are left wing extremist, bullys who shout down and call anyone who tries to hold a dialogue with them, “Fascists” and “Nazis”. They feel the first amendment doesn’t protect hate speech or Nazis. Though convienently it is them who decide who the Nazis are and what constitutes hate speech. > > They are almost always white, middle-upper class cretins from age 16-35 (though there are exceptions of course). They almost always wear masks and have a vocabulary of about 50 words. > Really…anyone in this thread who arn’t aware of them…avail yourselves of them in Boston and Berkley. They somehow manage to make Trumpsters look good. This. Watch [this video](https://www.facebook.com/paul.j.watson.71/videos/10155264914736171/). The “anti-Nazis” are the ones behaving \*like \*Nazis. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antifa-bike-lock-attacker-arrested/787446/53 "2017-05-28T14:25:59Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I took his statement as a parody of right wing talking points, where they say fake news, Hillary supporter stirring shit up. I think I did it right. Besides, who believes anything in the lamestream media or something that 4chan hacker guy says? So it probably didn’t happen. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antifa-bike-lock-attacker-arrested/787446/54 "2017-05-30T17:37:11Z")
> [@sleestak](#): > > This is absolutely false. > > The political violence in the U.S. since the 1960s on has been, overwhelmingly, from the left. The riots are from leftists groups, the 'burn shit and break this it’s because we don’t like the verdict/result of the election/whatever is from leftists groups. Already taken to task, but yes, your assertion does not align with actual facts on the ground when taken entire. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antifa-bike-lock-attacker-arrested/787446.md?page=2)