I mean...right-wing extremists are still more deadly than their left wing equivalents, so the point's still moot.
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by Kowani » Fri Sep 11, 2020 1:39 pm
by Diopolis » Fri Sep 11, 2020 1:45 pm
Kowani wrote:Diopolis wrote:Al-Qaeda was certainly theocratic but not exactly following a traditional form of mohammedanism.
In any case, US rightists in the US is clearly what that statement was about.
I mean...right-wing extremists are still more deadly than their left wing equivalents, so the point's still moot.
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by Kowani » Fri Sep 11, 2020 1:56 pm
I mean, you could probably make the argument that it's because right-wing extremism tends to target large groups of (usually powerless) minorities, while left-wing's targets tend to be the extremely wealthy and powerful, and killing large groups of those is much harder than opening fire at a Walmart.Diopolis wrote:
I mean, fair enough. But I'll quibble with the conclusion it draws from the data- 90% of deaths from domestic terrorism being linked to right wing extremism is not a good conclusion to take from "over 50% of domestic terrorism deaths occurred in a single incident". Because that incident is a clear outlier.
In any case, as I've long said, right wing extremists can just be expected to be more deadly than left wing extremists in the US because US right wing extremists tend to be much better at things like "planning" and "using guns" whereas US left wing extremists tend to be much better at things like "public nudity" and "smoking pot".
by Vassenor » Fri Sep 11, 2020 1:58 pm
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by Cordel One » Fri Sep 11, 2020 2:02 pm
Kexholm and Karelia wrote:I have yet to see rightists force their views on people and then kill them for not following those views in the 21st century US
by Liriena » Fri Sep 11, 2020 2:05 pm
Cordel One wrote:Kexholm and Karelia wrote:I have yet to see rightists force their views on people and then kill them for not following those views in the 21st century US
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by Glorious Hong Kong » Fri Sep 11, 2020 2:06 pm
by Cordel One » Fri Sep 11, 2020 2:08 pm
Liriena wrote:
Not included in that list: the Parkland school shooting.
https://www.denverpost.com/2018/02/15/f ... tionalist/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 32916.html
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/from ... s-11143077
by Kowani » Fri Sep 11, 2020 2:10 pm
Cordel One wrote:Liriena wrote:Not included in that list: the Parkland school shooting.
https://www.denverpost.com/2018/02/15/f ... tionalist/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 32916.html
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/from ... s-11143077
Yeah, it does miss a few big shootings
Also All of the extremist killings in the US in 2018 had links to right-wing extremism
by Kannap » Fri Sep 11, 2020 2:14 pm
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by The Black Forrest » Fri Sep 11, 2020 2:21 pm
Kannap wrote:Feeling immensely defeated today, worn out from work, but also feeling defeated with American electoralism. It doesn't matter who I vote for, my conditions aren't going to change.
by Organized States » Fri Sep 11, 2020 2:21 pm
Kexholm and Karelia wrote:Repubblica Fascista Sociale Italiana wrote:Mostly an issue with the 2020 US General Election Thread, rightists are just as annoying with their views as leftists in other places
I have yet to see rightists force their views on people and then kill them for not following those views in the 21st century US
by Kannap » Fri Sep 11, 2020 2:24 pm
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by The Black Forrest » Fri Sep 11, 2020 2:24 pm
by Washington Resistance Army » Fri Sep 11, 2020 2:24 pm
Kannap wrote:Feeling immensely defeated today, worn out from work, but also feeling defeated with American electoralism. It doesn't matter who I vote for, my conditions aren't going to change.
by Organized States » Fri Sep 11, 2020 2:26 pm
by Diopolis » Fri Sep 11, 2020 2:28 pm
Kowani wrote:I mean, you could probably make the argument that it's because right-wing extremism tends to target large groups of (usually powerless) minorities, while left-wing's targets tend to be the extremely wealthy and powerful, and killing large groups of those is much harder than opening fire at a Walmart.Diopolis wrote:I mean, fair enough. But I'll quibble with the conclusion it draws from the data- 90% of deaths from domestic terrorism being linked to right wing extremism is not a good conclusion to take from "over 50% of domestic terrorism deaths occurred in a single incident". Because that incident is a clear outlier.
In any case, as I've long said, right wing extremists can just be expected to be more deadly than left wing extremists in the US because US right wing extremists tend to be much better at things like "planning" and "using guns" whereas US left wing extremists tend to be much better at things like "public nudity" and "smoking pot".
This is probably true. I would, however, note that left-wing extremists had their own violent days (the Weather Underground and FALN) come to mind, but the modern right-wing just tends more towards masse violence now.
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