Right-Wing Embrace Of Conspiracy Is 'Mass Radicalization,' Experts Warn

[Waggs098]

Originally Posted by RickeyM

That's our Waggs, Captain Deflection

It may be right wing "voices" calling for coup and civil war now.

Just remember all the rhetoric from other people during trumps term. Things like a bloody trump head being held and a certain music star saying "I dream about blowing up the white house".

[donquixote99]

Whataboutery. The bad argument that the sins of B negate the sins of A.

[Waggs098]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

Whataboutery. The bad argument that the sins of B negate the sins of A.

Sure, just saying both sides do it.

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by Waggs098

Sure, just saying both sides do it.

I must insist not to a comparable degree. A few people with assassination fantasies that go viral is not comparable with civil war being on everyone's lips, while the stockpiling of guns and ammo creates long-term shortages.

I heard a dude muse about the necessity of 'killing out' the homosexuals this summer. I don't think you find genocide fantasies on the left, or even revolution talk. The up-against-the-wall violent revolution rhetoric of decades ago has gone away.

Thus I've got a meme text that goes:

The left says "Why can't we all just get along?"
The right says "Why cant we just kill them?"

[RickeyM]

Originally Posted by Waggs098

Sure, just saying both sides do it.

Right! Remember when those Lefties formed a militia to kidnap and murder a governor? No, wait...
Remember when that disgruntled Hillary supporter mailed pipe bombs to politicians and officials?
No, wait...
Remember when those Dem protesters showed up at a states capital, strapped up and dressed for battle?
No, wait...
Saying "saying both sides do it" is just an attempt to minimise the crazy crap reich-wingers have been up to.

[Yggdrasill]

Originally Posted by Waggs098

Sure, just saying both sides do it.

Some data:
https://www.csis.org/analysis/escala...-united-states

Left-wing, right-wing and religious violence all plague the U.S. But in the last decade, right-wing violence has been by far the biggest threat. Trump's FBI Director and DHS Director concur.

https://www.statesman.com/story/news...nce/114251512/

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/0...eat-dhs-409236

[nailer]

Is all right wing violence white supremacy driven?