And the mayor of Berkeley (a Democrat) suggested itās time to treat antifa āas a gangā and that peaceful protesters disassociate.
So whether antifa wasnāt violent on any particular occasion isnāt really enough to rehabilitate their image at this point. Previous episodes of extralegal violence have already wiped most of their political capital among journalists, elected officials, and political moderates. And antifa spokespeople (like the one in the second link, who insists everything theyāve done was in āself-defenseā) havenāt exactly helped.
It's not an alt-right conspiracy about controlling the narrative. It's just that antifa has already cemented its own reputation through previous episodes of extralegal violence. Just like the center-right opposes neo-Nazis, the center-left has come around to opposing antifa.
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