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proverbialbunny on Jan 8, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Reddit bans subreddit group “r/DonaldTrump”

That I did not know. I just know no one was using the term online before trump started calling the BLM protestors antifa. (However, there was a single tweet with an #antifa hashtag 2 days before trump used the terminology. I figured he saw the tweet and it inspired Trump to pick up the term, but now I do not know given the historical back stop.)

newen on Jan 8, 2021 [–]

Three year old article [1]. It was used in leftist circles a lot for a long time and especially in the last four years.

[1] https://www.theroot.com/white-supremacists-killed-more-peopl...

Google trends: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&ge...

proverbialbunny on Jan 8, 2021 | [–]

You gotta go father back than that article.

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