"Antiwar" is not a fitting name.

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Think about it.

Is an antipope against popes? No, It's just a second pope who wants the job of the first pope.

Is antifa against facism? No, it's a facist movement that just doesn't like some other facist movements. They also don't like democracy (ACAB..) They have no problem using facist tactics and repression.

Is antiracism against racism? No, they just decided that "racism" only means racism against minorities and call racism against white people "antiracism".

Is peace the opposite of war? Nope, war and antiwar are two sides of the same coin. Peace isn't even on that coin. There is war to the left and war to the right. Peace is in the middle (equilibrium), not opposite war.

So.. since antiwar isn't just about war with someone else or about "preventing" war via frist strike..

It should really be named "propeace" and not be used synonymously.

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[–]rdh2121 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I just happened to see this post scrolling through New and have no idea what this sub is about, but that makes a lot of sense to me.

[–]zyxzevn 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Anti-war, means not starting a war. Nor intervening into local struggles. Pulling troops back from occupied countries.

If you look into the current wars, you can see that we are supporting the violent extremists.
It is so bad that the US/CIA is the biggest terrorist organization in the world.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I know what the current general understanding of the term is. I'm saying that giving that word that meaning isn't a good choice.

I think it's important that people understand that "anti" doesn't necessarily mean "no", just like in the examples I mentioned. Being against something doesn't mean that you are for something better.

[–]zyxzevn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, In politic s, ant-<something> will often be used to push for <something>, pretending to be against <something>.

The start of World War 1, showed how this worked:
https://www.corbettreport.com/wwi/
A group pretending to be against a war, pushed propaganda that was actually starting the war.

In similar sense the "war against drugs" made the drugs more profitable.
And the CIA-supported mafia got ultra-rich from it. And the medicine companies.