By David Futrelle

Seems like only yesterday that everyone to the left of Donald Trump was mad at the Nazis. Now for some reasons a lot of these same people are yelling about AntiFa. Nancy Pelosi has officially denounced AntiFa, and a piece in the generally liberalish Washington Post today declared that AntiFa are the “moral equivalent” of the literal Nazis they oppose.

Now I’m not exactly the most militant dude in the world but WHAT IN HOLY CRAP IS GOING ON. We are up against LITERAL NAZIS. One of them LITERALLY MURDERED A WOMAN with a car, and then the rest of them LAUGHED ABOUT IT and SAID IT WAS JUSTIFIED. They go to every so-called “free speech” rally they organize with the intent of doing bodily harm to as many people as possible. and unless we stop them it’s only a matter of time before they kill more people. So fuck this shit. Hug an AntiFa today.

On to the tweets. First, the dumb shit.

Pelosi puts out statement condemning Antifa violence in Berkeley. pic.twitter.com/0RlU6RlWmX — Alex Seitz-Wald (@aseitzwald) August 30, 2017

Opinion: Yes, antifa is the moral equivalent of neo-Nazis https://t.co/dt9vInRh1q — The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 30, 2017

Now, some rebuttals. First, a good short thread on how the discussion has shifted from ACTUAL FUCKING NAZIS to endless hand-wringing about antifas.

I am perpetually amazed at the ability of lockstep, bad-faith arguments on the right to steer and transform national conversations. — Talia Lavin (@chick_in_kiev) August 30, 2017

And here’s a response to the Washington Post thing by a Mother Jones journalist who was there at Berkeley.

https://twitter.com/shane_bauer/status/902969494808625152

Some historical perspective:

When nazis held a "Pro-America" rally in Madison Square Garden in 1939, the US press focused on the "violent" "anti-nazi" protesters pic.twitter.com/20WXWZw0oR — thal (hiatus) (@thalestral) August 29, 2017

Every time I see news coverage of a protest I remember this image pic.twitter.com/ZAL0TwI61R — Tom Hatfield (@WordMercenary) August 30, 2017

More AntiFa stuff:

https://twitter.com/pixelatedboat/status/902790386619318272

https://twitter.com/daniecal/status/902542063543009280

Antifa dropped a piano on my head and when I popped out of the top moments later I had a lump on my head and had its keys instead of teeth — Jules (@Julian_Epp) August 29, 2017

I defended the honor of George Orwell against an Alex Jones employee.

Orwell went to Spain to fight the fascists. With guns. He wrote a book about it. https://t.co/vdulXAE58e — David Futrelle (@DavidFutrelle) August 30, 2017

Snopes also has a thing to say about the attempts to portray the fascists and AntiFa as somehow equivalent:

Lmao Snopes dot com is to the left of Nancy Pelosi https://t.co/Pf9aYyNBHR — Respectful Neighbor 👴🏘️ (@AntifaCoulter) August 30, 2017

AntiFa may have dealt with a lot of undeserved shit today, but happily our dear leader Donald Trump was also dealing with some richly deserved shit.

https://twitter.com/fmanjoo/status/903027267940491264

Turns out Trump is not making America great again. Fox News poll finds an 11-point jump in dissatisfaction with the way things are going. pic.twitter.com/YwPvEVxSoB — Geoff Garin (@geoffgarin) August 30, 2017

Not sure that 58% believing Trump will finish his term when he's just seven months in is quite the accomplishment someone might think it is. https://t.co/QZM073IuaA — Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) August 30, 2017

Trump's approval rating among people aged 18-29 has reached a new low of 20% in Gallup's tracking poll. https://t.co/5VWTe33ZFN — Axios (@axios) August 29, 2017

Huckabee Sanders: Trump was correct to say he'd seen Harvey devastation first hand because he'd been briefed on it pic.twitter.com/y4MmUp0aoZ — Rhys Blakely (@rhysblakely) August 30, 2017

W. screwed up royally during Katrina but at least he didn't make a speech about how rich people need lower taxes WHILE IT WAS STILL RAINING. — Assume this is America's last free election (@LOLGOP) August 30, 2017

Meanwhile, the creator of Pepe is taking the Pepe Nazis to court and winning:

https://twitter.com/MaxTemkin/status/902700195577823232

And here are some animals!

https://twitter.com/awwcuteness/status/902839313276252160

https://twitter.com/CuteEmergency/status/902748977531162625

https://twitter.com/MeetAnimals/status/903024790675611648

https://twitter.com/lordflaconegro/status/902687000544911362

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