Rose City Antifa and Project Veritas: Dissecting Propaganda
Antifa is a handy label for people who like to dress up in black and beat up fascists. Those of us who go to political protests see them from time to time. Or we see people wearing black. Usually they're in their late teens or early twenties. They're kind of jerks, but they're mostly harmless unless you're a fascist stupid enough to get agro at a rally against fascism, or if you're stupid enough to hold a right-wing rally in Berkeley. Despite their niche existence, during the last year the right has turned them into boogiemen. Some weeks ago a Trump supporter challenged my description of them. She insisted that they were a national network with international connections. When I challenged her to present evidence, she posted a link to a video by a group called Project Veritas: https://www.projectveritas.com/f085d003-ac4b-472a-b008-384d12bafd5b After viewing this video, I thought the assertions were full of it, and debunking it wasn't worth my time. I came out of ...