SomeoneElse@lemmy.worldM to Confidently Incorrect@lemmy.world · 11 months agoYou probably don’t need a masters degree to debunk this one.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square323fedilinkarrow-up1901arrow-down122
arrow-up1879arrow-down1imageYou probably don’t need a masters degree to debunk this one.lemmy.worldSomeoneElse@lemmy.worldM to Confidently Incorrect@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square323fedilink
minus-squareirmoz@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·11 months agoIt is a contradiction, though. “Antifa are ANTI fascist - it’s in the name!!” “The Nazis weren’t socialist - you could name yourself whatever you want!!”
minus-squareDomriso@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·11 months agoExcept Antifa isn’t a formal organization, it’s a descriptor for an ideology. An organization can call itself anything, even if it isn’t a proper descriptor, but an ideology is by necessity defined by its name.
It is a contradiction, though.
“Antifa are ANTI fascist - it’s in the name!!”
“The Nazis weren’t socialist - you could name yourself whatever you want!!”
Except Antifa isn’t a formal organization, it’s a descriptor for an ideology. An organization can call itself anything, even if it isn’t a proper descriptor, but an ideology is by necessity defined by its name.