Posted on 09/09/2019 12:48:53 AM PDT by ransomnote
The seeds of dissent were visible almost immediately.
Soccer officials had notified the Timbers Army, a fan organization for the team in Portland, Oregon, on the eve of this season that the anti-fascist symbol its members had been waving on a giant banner in the north end of the stadium would no longer be permitted at games. The fan group was not happy, releasing a lengthy critique of Major League Soccer's new rules, and working with team officials for months in meetings to change the rule.
But what began as an internal dispute between the league, the Timbers front office, and the fan group has morphed into a full rebellion in recent weeks.
The symbol, a re-purposed icon from an anti-fascist group, the Iron Front from Nazi-era Germany, has popped up at stadiums around the country. The MLS ban of it has drawn coverage from left-leaning media outlets. And a recent Timbers game became the venue for a nearly stadiumwide protest that saw two rival fan groups join in silence for more than a half-hour before openly flouting the symbol's ban.
How did a simple game - the beautiful game - become the setting for such a heated political struggle? SNIP In response to what fans say was a noticeable uptick in hate incidents in the city in 2017, the Timbers Army began to fly the Iron Front's logo, three arrows down and to the left, in Timbers' colors, as a banner at the game. The Iron Front was a political group of anti-fascist and anti-communist activists in Nazi Germany that was banned in 1933. MORE AT LINK
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They also ban the betsy ross flag. This isn’t specific to antifa.
So what, says Antifa. There is no punishment for breaking the law, except for those who disagree with them. Absence of law is anarchy. Is this where we are?
Keep your powder dry.
ANTIFA is Anti- FIRST AMENDMENT!
Wusses wanting to fly KLANTIFA flags
They should look up the definition of “fascism” and examine their tactics one day. Good for some laughs.
They can preen and strut around Portlandia all they want, but if they come to the South, we’ll shoot them.
Yet more useless nitwits who are blissfully unaware of what awaits them.
Plenty of room in the swamps to dispose of eatible alligator food
To be fair, anti-fascists are necessary in Portland because the city is a well-known hotbed of right wing extremism...or something.
Hipsters!
MLS let this get out of hand twenty years ago. These end zone supporter groups have been filled with political banners and demonstrations for a long time. They just finally managed to stumble upon some which made the top brass wretch.
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