[OSM-talk] Cease use of OpenStreetMap/Antifa logo

[Maarten Deen]

On 2020-02-13 12:59, Florian Lohoff wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 04:57:40PM +0100, Midgard wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Someone created a mashup[1] between the logos of OpenStreetMap and 
>> Antifa, a collective of militant
>> groups which are known to use violence. This graphic is distributed on 
>> stickers.[2]
> 
> Just nitpicking but "militant groups" is a little far fetched. Antifa 
> is
> the abbreviation for "Anti fascist" and by no means has anything to do
> with militant activities.
> 
> Putting the Antifa into the militant left wing edge is polemic of a lot
> of right wing, facist or nationalist partys in the rise in a lot of
> European countries.

With the risk of starting a political discussion, but you are grossly 
understating the actions of the various antifa groups.
They are generally seen as militant left wing groups.

 From wikipedia (if that is an authority) 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifa_%28Germany%29#Government_and_police_monitoring_of_Antifa

> The Federal Agency for Civic Education notes that Antifa groups 
> sometimes call for violence not only against police or skinheads but 
> also against bishops and judges. There are slogans like "antifascism 
> means attack", not only against the far right but also against the 
> political system of the Federal Republic of Germany

Especially the last portion makes me shun away from antifa as much as I 
do from fascism.

Regards,
Maarten