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Right-wing political violence is more frequent, deadly than left-wing violence (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 days ago by francisco_1844@discuss.online to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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Based on our own research and a review of related work, we can confidently say that most domestic terrorists in the US are politically on the right, and right-wing attacks account for the vast majority of fatalities from domestic terrorism.

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Used to have a conservative friend. We'd argue politics, all in good fun. When I brought up that right-wing terrorism was the FBI's #1 concern (at the time) he fucking exploded, never seen him that mad.

"See? There go one now!"