Right-wing violence

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Right-wing extremists, including white supremacists, were responsible for the majority of extremist-related murders in the U.S. in 2019, according to data collected by the anti-hate advocacy group Anti-Defamation League. That's a continuation of a disturbing trend, with right-wing extremists committing more than three-fourths of extremist-related murders in the country since 2010, according to the group's annual Murder and Extremism report.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/right-wing ... on-league/

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But what may be even more important is the impact of Fox News and other right-wing media outlets, who have been shamelessly misleading their audiences, hyping imaginary threats and creating the rationalizations that right-wing vigilantes — or, more bluntly, domestic terrorists — need and want in order to justify their assaults and threats against peaceful protesters and other innocent people.

Perhaps the wildest incident involved a man named Daniel Peña in the border city of McAllen, Texas, who went after protesters with a chainsaw while shouting racial slurs about Black people. Video of his unhinged behavior was shared approvingly by Trump campaign senior adviser Mercedes Schlapp. When she was called out for it, Schlapp apologized for the profanity — but not the racism or the threats of bodily harm against peaceful protesters.

These kinds of conspiracy theories expand from Fox News across social media. The result is that heavily armed right-wingers feel justified in gearing up and showing up at demonstrations to menace peaceful protesters — and, at least sometimes, to shoot at them or run their cars into crowds.

Whenever these gun-toting Trumpers do lash out violently against protesters, Fox News is here to explain that the protesters have it coming. Fox News correspondent William La Jeunesse blamed the "mob" (read: protesters) in Albuquerque for the recent shooting, not the armed militiamen who showed up to threaten them. Fox News host Greg Gutfeld suggested the country is "heading towards a race war" and of course blamed the people who have exposed the police brutality that has spurred the protests, not police or vigilantes.

Just in case there is still reluctance in some parts of right-wing America to put down protests with violence, Rush Limbaugh is here to tell them to get over it.

https://www.salon.com/2020/06/17/how-an ... rotesters/

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But in reality leftwing attacks have left far fewer people dead than violence by rightwing extremists, new research indicates, and antifa activists have not been linked to a single murder in decades.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... ing-antifa

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The Issue
Right-wing extremism in the United States appears to be growing. The number of terrorist attacks by far-right perpetrators rose over the past decade, more than quadrupling between 2016 and 2017. The recent pipe bombs and the October 27, 2018, synagogue attack in Pittsburgh are symptomatic of this trend. U.S. federal and local agencies need to quickly double down to counter this threat. There has also been a rise in far-right attacks in Europe, jumping 43 percent between 2016 and 2017.

The threat from right-wing terrorism in the United States—and Europe—appears to be rising. Of particular concern are white supremacists and anti-government extremists, such as militia groups and so-called sovereign citizens interested in plotting attacks against government, racial, religious, and political targets in the United States.1 The October 27, 2018, Pittsburgh synagogue shooting by Robert Bowers, and the arrest a day earlier of Cesar Sayoc who sent pipe bombs to prominent Democrats, appear to be the most recent manifestations of this trend. Both perpetrators were far-right extremists. Although violent left-wing groups and individuals also present a threat, far-right-networks appear to be better armed and larger. There also is a continuing threat from extremists inspired by the Islamic State and al-Qaeda. But the number of attacks from right-wing extremists since 2014 has been greater than attacks from Islamic extremists. 2

https://www.csis.org/analysis/rise-far- ... ted-states

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Are you guys now satisfied that the right-wing is more violent and consequently less tolerant than the left... or do you need more proof?

[Texan]

Are you guys now satisfied that the right-wing is more violent and consequently less tolerant than the left... or do you need more proof?

I'm not satisfied. Maybe I need more propaganda.

[Black Orchid]

Are you guys now satisfied that the right-wing is more violent and consequently less tolerant than the left... or do you need more proof?

I'm not satisfied. Maybe I need more propaganda.

[sprintcyclist]

Are you guys now satisfied that the right-wing is more violent and consequently less tolerant than the left... or do you need more proof?

I have seen no right wing oppression or intolerance
I have seen LOTS of left wing oppression

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Are you guys now satisfied that the right-wing is more violent and consequently less tolerant than the left... or do you need more proof?

I'm not satisfied. Maybe I need more propaganda.

FBI director to Congress: Most domestic terror cases are driven by "white supremacist violence"
Despite Trump's denials, FBI Director Christopher Wray says right-wing racist terrorism is a major threat

https://www.salon.com/2019/07/24/fbi-di ... -violence/

Oh, and Bobby is correct in often saying..."All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke)

I SEE A LOT OF GOOD MEN DOING NOTHING TO STOP THE EXTREMISM!