{"id":8268,"date":"2025-09-25T13:14:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T17:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=8268"},"modified":"2025-09-25T13:30:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T17:30:18","slug":"i-am-an-antifa-marxist-and-lennon-ist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/25\/i-am-an-antifa-marxist-and-lennon-ist\/","title":{"rendered":"I am an Antifa Marxist and Lennon-ist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am what antifa looks like &#8212; that is, an anti-fascist that wouldn&#8217;t join any group that would have them as a member. Of course, this also makes me a Marxist, a Groucho Marxist.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-8269\" src=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/7762524-Groucho-Marx-Quote-I-wouldn-t-want-to-belong-to-a-club-that-would-have-me-as-a-member-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/7762524-Groucho-Marx-Quote-I-wouldn-t-want-to-belong-to-a-club-that-would-have-me-as-a-member-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/7762524-Groucho-Marx-Quote-I-wouldn-t-want-to-belong-to-a-club-that-would-have-me-as-a-member-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/7762524-Groucho-Marx-Quote-I-wouldn-t-want-to-belong-to-a-club-that-would-have-me-as-a-member-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/7762524-Groucho-Marx-Quote-I-wouldn-t-want-to-belong-to-a-club-that-would-have-me-as-a-member-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/7762524-Groucho-Marx-Quote-I-wouldn-t-want-to-belong-to-a-club-that-would-have-me-as-a-member-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For full disclosure, I am also a Lennon-ist: &#8220;Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.&#8221; and &#8220;Give peace a chance.&#8221; &#8211;John Lennon<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/Political\/Reality-Leaves-A-Lot-To-The-Imagination-John-Lennon-quote.gif\" width=\"172\" height=\"172\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8274\" src=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LAMW-Lennon-and-Marx-Whats-The-Big-Deal-John-and-Groucho-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LAMW-Lennon-and-Marx-Whats-The-Big-Deal-John-and-Groucho-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LAMW-Lennon-and-Marx-Whats-The-Big-Deal-John-and-Groucho-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LAMW-Lennon-and-Marx-Whats-The-Big-Deal-John-and-Groucho-768x769.png 768w, https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LAMW-Lennon-and-Marx-Whats-The-Big-Deal-John-and-Groucho.png 857w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am what antifa looks like &#8212; that is, an anti-fascist that wouldn&#8217;t join any group that would have them as a member. Of course, this also makes me a Marxist, a Groucho Marxist. For full disclosure, I am also &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/25\/i-am-an-antifa-marxist-and-lennon-ist\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-top-pun","category-political-and-philosophical-musings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I am an Antifa Marxist and Lennon-ist | About Top Pun, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! %<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I am an Antifa Marxist and Lennon-ist, About Top Pun, Political and Philosophical Musings, Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! 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