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Where? Where is this uptick? Unorganized lone wolf shooters belonging to no particular ideological movement or group, who haven't made an appearance since the s
by twofornone 5y ago
Where? Where is this uptick? Unorganized lone wolf shooters belonging to no particular ideological movement or group, who haven't made an appearance since the start of the pandemic? How many bombings have there been? Where are the political murders? Hostage crises?
Or is this a response to nationwide, coordinated BLM rioting and violence? Unlikely given the messaging over organized "white supremacist" terrorism which, somehow, has yet to materialize, beyond its use as a political cudgel...
- willis936 5y agoYet to materialize? You should pay closer attention. A straight line is drawn between inflammatory rhetoric and radicalization of individuals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_terrorism_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_terrorism_in_the_Unit... There's been a huge uptick in white supremacist terrorism in the US since 2015. Charleston church shooting (2015) Charlottesville car attack (2017) Pittsburgh synagogue shooting (2018) Escondido mosque fire and Poway synagogue shooting (2019) El Paso Walmart shooting (2019)
- twofornone 5y agoThose are exactly the events I was referencing. None of those were organized, coordinated, or affiliated with any particular ideology. What exactly is a task force going to do to stop such random attacks beyond entrapment?
- willis936 5y agoJust because terrorism is stochastic doesn't mean it shouldn't be addressed. The mustache twirling villains don't exist and if they do they're not breaking laws, just adjusting mindshare.