Just to change the subject, time to puncture another myth propagated by (some on) 'the right'
< In America, far-right terrorist plots have outnumbered far-left ones in 2020 >
Finally putting paid to the fallacious notion that violence is the province of the left.
A new report by the Transnational Threats Project at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a think-tank, suggests that far-right terrorism is a much greater threat than far-left terrorism.
https://www.csis.org/analysis/war-comes-home-evolution-domestic-terrorism-united-states
The report drew on databases compiled by research groups and press releases from the FBI and the Department of Justice, cross-checked against criminal complaints and news reports. Hate crimes, protests, riots and civil unrest, including the disturbances after the killing of George Floyd by a policeman in Minneapolis, were excluded.
Since 1994 more terrorist incidents have been associated with the far right than with all other groups combined. Over that period religious terrorism has caused more deaths—a grim distinction accounted for by the attacks of September 11th 2001 alone. But in 14 of the 21 years between 1994 and 2019, right-wing attacks were responsible for more than half of the fatalities, and in 2018 and 2019 for more than 90%. So far, American law enforcement has been slow to respond to far-right domestic terrorism.
First, what is the deffinition of far left and far right terrorist attacks? For instance, there has been a steady rise in anti-semitic attacks in NYC from minorities and many on the left like to make it that case that these are far right actors. However, it is very hard to imagine that minorities in NYC committing these crime are MAGA people. So many events actually get mis-identified as far right when they are far left. The news routinely does this too, insisting problems only started when right wingers held protest while ignoring that they showed up without any weapons and were attacked without provocation. Another great historical example are the Nazis, which people mistakingly say were far right. They were not; they were far left. If you ignore the anti-semitism and look at their policies, they all align with far left wing USA policies, like state ownership of the banks, issue quotas for businesses, controlling what businesses could do, confiscating guns, etc.
Second, I skimmed the article but where did they get the stats from? For example The Southern Poverty Law Center, which is referenced often, admitted this year that they do not keep track of left leaning terrorist groups or events. They even went so far as to say there is no such thing as the far left, ignoring Antifa. So, a lot of the agencies keeping track of this are on the left and give left leaning actors the benefit of the doubt, much like our current oh so brave Dems refusing to call out Antifa.
But perhaps over the last 20 years, the statement is correct, but that would be like saying since 1776 more often then not women could not vote. Over the last 2 years, I would say it is false and left leaning groups are producing more terror.
I also would like to see the total number of people effected by the combined amount of terrorist events. Far right wing groups often conduct themselves in rural areas, whereas left leaning groups have been doing stuff in the cities effecting many more people per event.
3rd night of BLM riots and looting here in Philly, and stores that were destroyed in June's riots and rebuilt are getting destroyed again. Plus a van filled with dynamite was found this morning on Logan Square; thank God these people are too stupid to keep from getting caught. I hate to say, but I fear BLM has destroyed the community more then can fathom right now. After this year, I would bet most retail owners will no longer want to build in minorities neighborhoods. To watch someone have their store destroyed only to rebuild and have it destroyed again will be of great concern when deciding on where to locate and the repeated protests that devolved into riots BLM and Antifa pushed has created the very racism they claim to fight against that will keep business from building in these communities.
BTW, do they count the BLM riots as far left terrorist events, because if not this whole study is bogus?
Poll
