Greater Germany wrote:The reason I ask is the choice of year seems arbitrary. Why 1992? And you have pointed out the sources you provided were from a right-wing think tank, so it intrigued me that they didn't break down the alt-right murders by recent years like they did with the left.
I can’t say why they chose 1992. Long enough ago to give a more comprehensive picture but not so long ago as to be irrelevant? The OKC bombings weren’t alt right obviously, but they were carried out by a right wing white nationalist. And many of the ideologies McVeigh followed have seen a resurgence among the alt right. I don’t think anyone’s stretching to connect those dots.
The Emerald Legion wrote:Timothy McVeigh wasn't a white nationalist. He was just a dude angry at the federal government over Waco and Ruby Ridge, and the Brady act.
Doesn't excuse what he did, but he's not a Neo Nazi.
Turner Diaries. Dude was motivated by white nationalism.