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A bunch of claims made there with no evidence supplied to support any of them, and especially nothing linking domestic terrorism with run of the mill Trump supp
by forgetfreeman 2y ago
A bunch of claims made there with no evidence supplied to support any of them, and especially nothing linking domestic terrorism with run of the mill Trump supporters, although it's quite telling that one would make that conceptual leap, ostensibly to fuel some sense of personal grievance?
Based on first hand experience on the fringes of white supremacist organizations over the decades I'm totally unsurprised to hear law enforcement would have a hard time finding them in bulk as the percentage of people in the US who willingly harbor these kinds of views is a rounding error compared to the larger populace. It's actually pretty shocking how much trouble such a small group of people can cause on the rare occasion that they either muster the courage of their convictions and act on their beliefs or are goaded into action by law enforcement plants. In any case, trivializing these groups, either by dismissing their numbers or by trying to reframe them as mere "political opposition" is deeply stupid. These people are profoundly dangerous.
- mjfl 2y ago[flagged]
- forgetfreeman 2y agoWhat your job is depends on your goals I suppose. If your goal is to convince or persuade then yes, your job absolutely is to educate me as I'm at least willing to meet your claims with enough curiosity to examine the material you present to support them. What's really wild here is I honestly have no idea what you're angry about, and I am deeply curious as to the cause.
- n4r9 2y agoYou'll have to do better than linking the Western Journal on Hacker News. It's a rebrand of "Western Journalism", which has been repeatedly highlighted as a source of fake news, misinformation, and right-wing conspiracy theories. https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/western-journalism/ https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/western-journalism/
- mjfl 2y ago[flagged]
- dang 2y agoWe've banned this account for breaking the site guidelines and ignoring our many requests to stop. I hate to ban an account that's been here for over 10 years, but what choice do we have when you're posting like this and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43278069 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43278069? I can't imagine where you got the idea that it was ok to do that. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
- defrost 2y agoWhen "a congressman" is Jim Jordan people are going to want a reliable evidence based source instead.