
But in the case of the George Floyd protests, right-wing attempts to blame everything on antifa – perceived by many to be predominantly white – evince a kind of racism that assumes that black people couldn’t organise on this deep and wide of a scale. Trump and his allies also have a more specific motive: If the flames and broken glass were simply blamed on “antifa” or “outsiders” – as if anyone had to travel very far to protest – then the urgency would shift from addressing the root causes of Floyd’s death to figuring out how to stop the shadowy boogeyman Trump rails against. Even if you disagree with property destruction, it’s easy to see the chain of events between Floyd’s death and burning police cars. Trump’s misinformation aims to mislead us all.
via What is antifa and why does Donald Trump want to blame it for the violence in the US?
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