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  "description": "An easy, extremely engaging read and a necessary journey into forces defining our modern political moment. The author clearly sits with and sympathizes with the antifascists covered here, a sentiment made clear throughout the narrative and presentation. That's the only reasonable, acceptable stance. Mathias spends a good deal of time with one antifascist, identified as \"Vincent\", covering his infiltration into one of many modern, utterly abhorrent, domestic extremist organizations (Patriot Front, in this case) and through that narrative, pulls in various threads and patterns that he then expands on. There are many words spent on doxxing as a practice to exact, not revenge really, but societal consequences for modern American fascists. It's online detective and vigilante work and it's work that, frankly, I do not disagree with. Doxxing has a long history, one which Mathias ventures into here. In Buffalo, NY during the 1920s a group calling itself the Knights of the Invisible Jungle of the Tiger’s Eye — yes — the Knights of the Invisible Jungle of the Tiger’s Eye helped unmask members of the KKK with the support of the town's mayor. The town went on to display a complete list of klan members at the local police station. Doxxing, however, is an equal opportunity weapon, one which the fascists discussed herein will readily wield against antifascists (and do, in \"Vincent\"'s case). Masked parties on both side of an ideological chasm fight to unmask one another. Mathias' raises the possibility of doxxing losing its power (for fascists at least) as the Overton window is pushed ever further towards mainstreaming their beliefs. It's hard to inflict consequences on fascists when the party in power is fascist and fascist ideology animates the Republican party and its base. We're not there yet, however — why else would the party's modern paramilitary be so hellbent on wearing masks? What is also clear hear is that antifa is, by no means, a unified force. It's defined by its opposition to fascism and all good people should be united in opposition to fascism.",
  "path": "/reading/books/9781668034767/to-catch-a-fascist",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-18T00:00:00Z",
  "site": "at://did:plc:sttgf52vkk46f6yuknvqxvgh/site.standard.publication/self",
  "tags": [
    "politics",
    "history",
    "nonfiction"
  ],
  "title": "To Catch a Fascist"
}