• frunch@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    From the article:

    Antifa, short for “anti-fascist,” is generally described by experts as a loose, decentralized movement rather than a structured organization, raising questions about how such a designation would be applied in practice.

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      8 hours ago

      raising questions about how such a designation would be applied in practice.

      By allowing the government to declare you are antifa, thus a terrorist.

      The whole reason for the fuzzy definition is a design, not a flaw. Russia does the same thing.

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        4 hours ago

        Yes, exactly! Looking at the USA it hasn’t been in dubio pro reo for a while now. You’ll end up having to proof you are not a member and you won’t be able to.