Whether rightwing extremists did or did not actually act out the plot is hard to prove. We'll have to wait for the FBI's investigation for that. What's not har

Whether rightwing extremists did or did not actually act out the plot is hard to prove. We'll have to wait for the FBI's investigation for that. What's not hard at all to prove is the very public threads of rightwing extremists encouraging attacks on public infrastructure so I think it's important to have these discussions This report[0] on domestic violent terrorism came out in 2022 before the NC attack and talks about how rapidly far-right terrorism has grown in the past decades > Salafi-jihadist and white supremacist attack planners attempted to target different critical infrastructure sectors, with the former focusing on the commercial facilities, government facilities, and emergency services sectors, and the latter predominantly focusing on the energy sector. > Since 2019, white supremacist attacks plots against critical infrastructure systems have distinctly increased. > Between 2016 and 2022, white supremacist plots targeting energy systems dramatically increased in frequency. 13 individuals associated with the movement were arrested and charged in federal court with planning attacks on the energy sector; 11 of these attack planners were charged after 2020. [0]: https://extremism.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs2191/f/CriticalInfrastructureTargeting09072022.pdf https://extremism.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs2191/f/Critica...