アンティファー暴力、破壊活動、お門違いの標的

What Is Antifa, the Movement Trump Wants to Declare a Terror Group? https://t.co/CqvXB4sEJn

— mozu (@mozumozumozu) June 2, 2020

Militancy on the left can “become a justification for those in power and allies on the right to crack down,” Professor Ben-Ghiat said. “In these situations, the left, or antifa, are historically placed in impossible situations.”

Many antifa organizers also participate in more peaceful forms of community organizing, but they believe that using violence is justified because of their views that if racist or fascist groups are allowed to organize freely, “it will inevitably result in violence against marginalized communities,” said Mr. Bray, whose defense of the anti-fascist movement incited criticism and generated support at Dartmouth College when he was a lecturer there.

Between 2010 and 2016, 53 percent of terrorist attacks in the United States were carried out by religious extremists — 35 percent by right-wing extremists and 12 percent by left-wing or environmentalist extremists, according to a University of Maryland-led consortium that studies terrorism.

Militancy on the left can “become a justification for those in power and allies on the right to crack down,” Professor Ben-Ghiat said. “In these situations, the left, or antifa, are historically placed in impossible situations.”

　暴力や破壊活動は、現代の民主主義で正当化されない。民主主義が腐敗していて、かりに正当化される場合があっても、お門違いの施設や人間を標的にしては正当化されないし、大衆の共感も得られまい。

　同じ目的を持ってはいるものの非暴力でたたかう活動をとりしまるいい口実になるだけだろうね。