Antifa deserves no respect In reply to the (Aug. 28 column) “ ‘Antifa’ label unfortunately misunderstood,” I agree with the author. Today’s Antifa is totally misunderstood. Totally misunderstood by the author. Today’s Antifa (which is a contraction of the word anti-fascist) is not even close to being in the same boat as the heroes that fought the fascists in World War II. In fact, today’s Antifa have forgotten the roots of anti-fascism, which the writer so correctly identifies. Today’s Antifa have become what our fathers and grandfathers fought against. I don’t recall our fathers and grandfathers hiding their faces under bandanas or ski mask ...