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Commenting only on the emblem (will comment on the POV in a different section, as it will be confusing to discuss both issues here). I think it is totally fine to use the antifa logo, as the most visibly recognisable and common anti-fascist logo. Also don't have a problem with the anti-Nazi one, or
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How about strategic bombing in WW2? Massed tank assaults? Dogfights? The page for anti-fascism notes how WW2 was conceived of as an anti-fascist struggle by the major allied powers and thus the tactics employed in WW2 are, logically, anti-fascist tactics. This list largely refers to the actions of
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Thus from this definition, anti-fascism is actually a very broad spectrum - you can have anarchist and communist anti-fascists but you can also have liberal and conservative anti-fascists. But the sidebar largely focuses on "revolutionary" anti-fascism. By this I mean the definitions from
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continuation of the prewar old regime and conservative antifascists disliked fascism's erasure of the distinction between the public and private spheres. Like its revolutionary counterpart, it would outlast fascism once the Second World War ended.
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How exactly is switching the emblem to a specifically Anti-Nazi symbol making this more general? If anything, you've made it far more specific. This is about anti-fascism, not just anti-nazism. Completely disagree with this change.
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