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DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing

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A right wing terrorist assassinated the Democratic Speaker of the House of Minnesota, her husband, and their dog in their own home just a few months ago. The terrorist had a target list of other Democratic law makers, abortion rights advocates, and abortion providers. It didn't get a ton of coverage even in the United States due to all the right-wing nastiness on the regular.

Your opening statement is opinionated, factually incorrect, and unnecessarily divisive. Murder is not a matter of left or right as it stems from individual pathology, often tied to mental illness. Political affiliation is irrelevant in such cases.

Labeling and name-calling only deepen division and hostility. Conservatism, at its core, has historically meant preserving traditions, though its positions have shifted over time. Similarly, progressive movements have had both positive and negative impacts depending on the era.

I personally refuse to align fully with either side. What I do oppose is the deliberate incitement of hatred through oversimplification and demonization. That kind of rhetoric, not one’s political affiliation, undermines the principles America was built upon.

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This is a very odd take and shows your media bubble. The real stats are 7-10x in favor of right wing violence. They have the title for most destructive with OKC bombing, frequency, body count, etc. All stats are at least an order of magnitude greater for right wing violence. It's even difficult to find examples of left violence. The famous examples provided are "BLM Riots" which were mostly peaceful protests against…

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Re: DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing

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This is a very odd take and shows your media bubble. The real stats are 7-10x in favor of right wing violence. They have the title for most destructive with OKC bombing, frequency, body count, etc. All stats are at least an order of magnitude greater for right wing violence. It's even difficult to find examples of left violence. The famous examples provided are "BLM Riots" which were mostly peaceful protests against…

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The discussion above was about violence stemming from political ideology. You will have to provide evidence that the murders in Chicago are politically motivated.

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antifa

Generally, when someone says something like "left wing groups" they mean something with a formal organization. "Antifa" is less of an organization than even some loose collective like "anonymous" Are there left-wing agitators? Sure, black bloc and other "direct action" protestors have been around since at least the world trade protests in the 90s. But to the best of my knowledge there isn't really a formal "antifa" o…

If you believe Antifa exists, then I guess it’s fair to say MAGA exists.

Re: DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing

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Joe Biden, while he was POTUS, went on national television and proclaimed that "Extreme MAGA Republicans" were the greatest threat to our democracy. https://www.npr.org/2022/09/02/1120690193/bidens-speech-walk...

I’d say MAGA is as well defined as antifa.
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