From the NYTIMES
Over the past decade, the Anti-Defamation League
has counted about 450 U.S. murders committed by political extremists.
Of these 450 killings, right-wing extremists committed about 75 percent. Islamic extremists were responsible for about 20 percent, and left-wing extremists were responsible for 4 percent.
Nearly half of the murders were specifically tied to white supremacists:
As this data shows, the American political right has a violence problem that has no equivalent on the left. And the 10 victims in Buffalo this past weekend are now part of this toll. “Right-wing extremist violence is our biggest threat,” Jonathan Greenblatt, the head of the ADL, has written. “The numbers don’t lie.”
The pattern extends to violence less severe than murder, like the Jan. 6 attack on Congress. It also extends to the language from some Republican politicians — including Donald Trump — and conservative media figures that treats violence as a legitimate form of political expression. A much larger number of Republican officials do not use this language but also do not denounce it or punish politicians who do use it; Kevin McCarthy, the top House Republican, is a leading example.
It’s important to emphasize that not all extremist violence comes from the right — and that the precise explanation for any one attack can be murky, involving a mixture of ideology, mental illness, gun access and more. In the immediate aftermath of an attack, people are sometimes too quick to claim a direct cause and effect. But it is also incorrect to pretend that right-wing violence and left-wing violence are equivalent problems.
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Every race has its supremacists... who are generally the most disturbed members of a given tribe.
In this country white supremacy is just a dog whistle for non-white racists... especially near elections.
Some other species wage organized war, such as: ants, chimpanzees, meerkats, lions. And these are all species that exist in social groups with hierarchies. But the wars seem to be either territorial/turf war type situations (competition over resources) or in the case of Lions for power and mating access.
Humans are unique in that we wage wars and commit genocide for cultural or religious reasons. I wonder if Dunbar's number plays a role in this in that our societies have grown so large that there aren't the social bonds among all members of society like with Chimpanzees for example that max out at around 100 members.
From his manifesto:
It would also be true to note that the presumed shooter is, according to his online manifesto, an anti-conservative environmentalist who says, “We were born from our lands and our own culture was molded by these same lands. The protection and preservation of these lands is of the same importance as the protection and preservation of our own ideals and beliefs.” He says, “sure,” he’s a left-winger and maybe a socialist, “depending on the definition,” but explains that he rejects conservatism because it’s “corporatism in disguise.”
right wingers watch Tucker. Just look at how much attention Jim and Chris give him.
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There is a big difference between criminal violence and political violence.
Those people in Buffalo were killed by a terrorist. If it had been an Islamic terrorist, the right would be up-in-arms.
Yeah, me neither.
You schmucks ignored him but now White Supremacy is back in the news because of some maniac and you Liberals are back pimping it on here. Crazy how that works, amirite?
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