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Chapo hipsters buy fixies, not AR-15s. You're not going to kidnap the Speaker of the House, or murder a Senator with a gearless bicycle.
by aaronbrethorst 6y ago
Chapo hipsters buy fixies, not AR-15s. You're not going to kidnap the Speaker of the House, or murder a Senator with a gearless bicycle.
- zdragnar 6y agoUntil they throw moltov cocktails and explosives, or set buildings on fire, or permanently blind you with a high powered laser. Use of violent tactics is not particlarly novel on either side
- cygx 6y agoBut note that as far as the US is concerned, in the past couple of decades, right wing extremists have killed a significantly greater number of people than left-wing extremists (eg. the CSIS credits them with 90% of all extremist killings in the timeframe 2018/19). They also lead by number of plots - though by body count, Islamist terror still takes the lead for the obvious reasons.
- aaronbrethorst 6y ago"I am particularly concerned about white supremacist violent extremists who have been exceptionally lethal in their abhorrent, targeted attacks in recent years" said (now-former) acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf in DHS's most recent domestic threat assessment. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/us/politics/homeland-security-white-supremacists-russia.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/us/politics/homeland-secu...
- timwaagh 6y agoNot in the USA they don't. But in Venezuela it's a different story.
- aaronbrethorst 6y agoI don't think there's a large audience for Brooklyn hipster leftist podcasts in Caracas.