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jMylestoday at 12:22 AM1 replyview on HN

I've read your comment twice, and I can't make heads or tails of what you're trying to say.

> If some CEO spoke unflatteringly of The Red Cross or Habitat For Humanity,

Those are organizations. "Antifa" is a descriptive term that many people and organizations use, whether they have connections to one another or not. What is the comparison you are trying to draw here?

> If Antifa’s record speaks for itself, then you don’t need to play these kinds of word games.

You are using the possessive here, "Antifa's", in a way that seems grammatically incorrect to me.

"Antifa" is usually an adjective, but sometimes a known, like "vegan" or "blonde". Saying "if blonde's record speaks for itself", it seems like obviously broken English.

Usually you'd use this phraseology to describe a person or organization, "Joe's record", "Nabisco's record", etc.

What is the entity or entities whose record(s) you are trying to describe?


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grueztoday at 1:48 AM

>Those are organizations. "Antifa" is a descriptive term that many people and organizations use, whether they have connections to one another or not. What is the comparison you are trying to draw here?

How's this different than say how "alt right" is pejoratively used by the left?

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