Unmasked

“The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” -Shakespeare, Hamlet

There are mistakes in this book. Andy Ngo probably treats the right more generously than the left. Violence on the extreme right is a big problem in America. Andy Ngo was hit by a milkshake. Antifa means “anti-fascist” and fascism is bad.

All of the above is true. And, hold my beer, it's also true that Antifa is a violent, loosely-organized, nihilistic group that hates America and wants to destroy it and has and will continue use violence, actual violence against both people and property, to accomplish their mission.

See what I did there? More than one thing can be true at the same time! This happens to be a book about the left wing extremists. There are also books about right wing extremists. They both exist and are problems we need to deal with.

If you want to understand Antifa, you won't find a better first-hand source than Unmasked. If you want to know why you should understand Antifa, watch the news and look at the reporters standing in front of burning buildings while the text on the screen says “mostly peaceful.” There's obviously something wrong with that picture, that's a start. Believe your eyes.

Antifa is not about justice, freedom, or equality and it's not the type of group that pushes a country to be better.