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Antifa — the so-called “anti-fascists” — have spent the last decade functioning as the paramilitary wing of the left’s causes, utilizing violence, intimidation, and calls for suppression against the enemies of their ideology.

Drawing on a historical parallel, there’s a great irony in their claim to be fighting fascism, as they closely resemble the Nazi Party’s paramilitary wing, the Sturmabteilung or “Storm Troopers.”

Readers may be unaware that Antifa’s namesake dates back to the same period as the SA, with its origins coming in Italy during the rise of Italian fascism under Il Duce, Benito Mussolini.

Of course, that fact doesn’t validate the movement we’re witnessing. Their predecessors were opposing an actual fascist, but that doesn’t mean they are.

For the broad American audience, Antifa first disgraced their television screens and took to their streets during the 2016 election. President Donald Trump — then the Republican nominee — spurred masses of black-clad rioters, giving him and his supporters the brand they claimed they were fighting against.

We witnessed a riotous mob of thugs dismissed by legacy media outlets as “counterprotesters” loot, destroy, and brutalize. Their actions only continued into Trump’s first term. Coverage was largely positive because the new president said outrageous things, unbecoming of a politician under the usual paradigm.

Antifa was given a pass. Americans were told they simply oppose fascism. Beyond protesting political leaders, there was an abundance of excuses for tolerating mass violence and complete chaos any time a conservative set foot on a college campus.

As long as the messaging was right, Antifa could do no wrong. As French philosopher and historian Raymond Aron once said, “Despotism has so often been established in the name of liberty that experience should warn us to judge parties by their practices rather than their........

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