Those Who Say “Antifa is More Dangerous That The Alt-Right” are White Supremacist Sympathizers

Michael Bridgett Jr.
4 min readAug 22, 2018

…and white supremacist sympathizers are worst than white supremacists.

For reasons that will remain “The Internet,” some folks I know have gone out of their way to try and prove how the REAL danger is Anti-Fascists (Antifa). They roll up to me at the bar on in a group chat, and launch into a diatribe with a comment like, “antifa is a bigger threat than any white nationalist.” It’s as if they expect some sort of civilized debate about it after their proclamation. Also they’ve all been white, males.

When it first started in 2016, I clammed up. I didn’t know much about fascism or the patch work of organizations devoted to opposing it. Once it was brought to my attention, however, I came to be come a bit obsessed with the insidious tactics of fascists in all its varied forms, not limited to the Alt-Right, white supremacists, Neo-Nazis, etc… I just needed to make sure I didn’t get caught up at the wrong party or bakery or Netflix and chill session.

It is worth noting that the entire goal of fascism always ends with various forms of genocide. They do this by creating ideological divides that foster an “Us vs Them” mentality. Those who get caught up in such mind games, don’t leave themselves much ideological room to maneuver. As a result…

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