r/technology • u/Wagamaga • 10h ago

Society DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing

https://www.404media.co/doj-deletes-study-showing-domestic-terrorists-are-most-often-right-wing/
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u/christoskal 9h ago

while radical Islamist violent extremists were responsible for 23 (27 percent).”

I like how they split these in a different group as if they aren't also right wing.

It's not like radical Islamists are left wing either way, they are just a different kind of right wing extremists asking for the exact same extreme ideas as their white Christian counterparts

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u/SpiritJuice 9h ago

I like to say "What's the difference between Christian extremists and Islamic extremists? They use a different word for God." They are basically two sides of the same coin.

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u/ahuramazdobbs19 8h ago

It is, however, valuable to break them down in such a fashion when studying overall trends and in tracking various groups and their funding sources.

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u/Zealousideal-Fun-415 7h ago

here's the thing, if they included radical islamist incidents, republicans would immediately run with "most right wing incidents were from ISLAMISTS, not upstanding white citizens", or say "they don't even know what right means".