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> You need to realise that the far-right spawns much more violence (against individuals; against groups; against the state) than the far left. In the UK perhap

by gspetr 9y ago

> You need to realise that the far-right spawns much more violence (against individuals; against groups; against the state) than the far left. In the UK perhaps. The most recent attempt on a US Congressman's life: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Congressional_baseball_shooting#Perpetrator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Congressional_baseball_sh... On May 22, 2017, Hodgkinson wrote "Trump is a Traitor. Trump Has Destroyed Our Democracy. It's Time to Destroy Trump & Co." above his repost of a Change.org petition demanding "the legal removal" of Trump and Vice President Mike Pence for "treason". He belonged to numerous politically-oriented Facebook groups, including those named "Terminate the Republican Party," "The Road To Hell Is Paved With Republicans," and "Donald Trump is not my President." When the media normalizes that "punching Nazis" is A-OK, this violence from very unhinged, disturbed individuals is the result.

DanBC 9y ago
Ignoring for the moment this article is about a UK politician wanting to make changes to UK law - you might want to look at THE FBI lists. They haven't featured left wing groups since the 70s. They still regularly feature extreme right wing groups. Most "lone wolf" mass shooters are on the far right; we've seen far right activists shooting into crowds of demonstrators, or driving vehicles into crowds of demonstrators. For all the talk of "punching Nazis" it's not the left wing who are perpetrating violence in the US.
- gspetr 9y ago
  > They haven't featured left wing groups since the 70s. The Times They Are A-changin': http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/01/antifa-charlottesville-violence-fbi-242235 http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/01/antifa-charlottesvi... > Most "lone wolf" mass shooters are on the far right; The former deadliest shooter, Omar Mateen was a registered Democrat. > it's not the left wing who are perpetrating violence in the US. https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/10/01/dont-criticize-black-lives-matter-for-provoking-violence-the-civil-rights-movement-did-too/?utm_term=.979c1cb5e9ae https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/10/01/... Is BLM a right-wing group? What's more astonishing here is that the media is A-OK with left-wing violence. They try to portray them as some kind of freedom fighters.

by gspetr 9y ago

DanBC 9y ago

Ignoring for the moment this article is about a UK politician wanting to make changes to UK law - you might want to look at THE FBI lists. They haven't featured left wing groups since the 70s. They still regularly feature extreme right wing groups. Most "lone wolf" mass shooters are on the far right; we've seen far right activists shooting into crowds of demonstrators, or driving vehicles into crowds of demonstrators. For all the talk of "punching Nazis" it's not the left wing who are perpetrating violence in the US.

gspetr 9y ago
> They haven't featured left wing groups since the 70s. The Times They Are A-changin': http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/01/antifa-charlottesville-violence-fbi-242235 http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/01/antifa-charlottesvi... > Most "lone wolf" mass shooters are on the far right; The former deadliest shooter, Omar Mateen was a registered Democrat. > it's not the left wing who are perpetrating violence in the US. https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/10/01/dont-criticize-black-lives-matter-for-provoking-violence-the-civil-rights-movement-did-too/?utm_term=.979c1cb5e9ae https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/10/01/... Is BLM a right-wing group? What's more astonishing here is that the media is A-OK with left-wing violence. They try to portray them as some kind of freedom fighters.