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In the mid 20th century far left groups were responsible for the majority of violent extremism. Wikipedia says as much as 75% Your link doesn't support what yo

In the mid 20th century far left groups were responsible for the majority of violent extremism. Wikipedia says as much as 75% Your link doesn't support what you say at all. Firstly, it's talking about terrorism just in the USA. Secondly, the 75% figure references a 1994 book[0] which is referring to "American terrorism in the eighties"[1]. To give more flavour of the book: "Had it not been for the emergence of the environmental terrorists during the closing years of the decade, terrorism in America would have been virtually non-existent during the late 1980s. ...1990...was the fourth consecutive year in which America experienced no deaths or injuries due to terrorism." Meanwhile in the 80s, the US was busy invading and subverting countries across latin America, training paramilitaries/torturers etc. But the left is the one 'rationalizing'.. [0] Brent Smith, Terrorism in America, 1994 https://archive.org/download/Terrorism_in_America_Brent_Smith/Terrorism_in_America_Brent_Smith.pdf https://archive.org/download/Terrorism_in_America_Brent_Smit... [1] "Although most Americans were left with the impression that American terrorism in the eighties was largely rightist, the actual number of acts of terrorism committed by left-wing groups accounted for about three-fourths of all officially designated acts of domestic terrorism in America." (p94)

pmorici 8y ago
Yes, I and, I assumed the OP was talking about America since the statement that there aren't any leftist extremist groups is obviously untrue if you look at it from a world wide perceptive. That section on Wikipedia absolutely lists the left wing extremism that was common in America from the 1960's to the 1980's. I didn't look into the source of the stat listed there. But the point still stands, left wing extremism has existed in the US in the past even if it isn't the predominate problem present day.
- DanBC 8y ago
  Sorry, I thought it was obvious I was talking about active groups killing people today, and not about no longer active groups killing people in the previous century.

pmorici 8y ago

Yes, I and, I assumed the OP was talking about America since the statement that there aren't any leftist extremist groups is obviously untrue if you look at it from a world wide perceptive. That section on Wikipedia absolutely lists the left wing extremism that was common in America from the 1960's to the 1980's. I didn't look into the source of the stat listed there. But the point still stands, left wing extremism has existed in the US in the past even if it isn't the predominate problem present day.

DanBC 8y ago
Sorry, I thought it was obvious I was talking about active groups killing people today, and not about no longer active groups killing people in the previous century.