Study shows two-thirds of U.S. terrorism tied to right-wing

[G_j]

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/09/12/study-shows-two-thirds-us-terrorism-tied-right-wing-extremists

September 12, 2018


A new terrorism database analysis shows almost two-thirds of the terror attacks in the United States last year were carried out by right-wing extremists.

Researchers and journalists for the news site Quartz said they used data compiled by the Global Terrorism Database that has tabulated terrorist events around the world since 1970. The database is supported by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), affiliated with the University of Maryland.

“A Quartz analysis of the database shows that almost two-thirds of terror attacks in the (United States) last year were tied to racist, anti-Muslim, homophobic, anti-Semitic, fascist, anti-government, or xenophobic motivations,” its posting says.

The remaining attacks, the web site said, “were driven by left-wing ideologies … and Islamic extremism.”

Globally, terrorist attacks dropped from about 17,000 in 2014 to about 11,000 in 2017, including a 40 percent decline in the Middle East, according to Quartz's analysis of the START data.


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[dalton99a]

1. And of course, the media never calls them terrorists

Because they are otherwise very nice white people who happen to be 2nd Amendment White Christian patriots or militiamen or whatever racist bullshit they call themselves

[roamer65]

2. We really should have a crackdown on these groups.

When Finicum was shot dead in OR, I certainly lost no sleep.

[Mc Mike]

3. 2 to 1 ratio. And they'd be guilty of the other 1/3, except they were busy at the time

screaming and crying about how they are 'under attack.'

[bahrbearian]

4. And they don't even try to hide it.

Link to tweet

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[Gothmog]

5. White Supremacists are a key segment of Donald Trump's base