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Who is responsible for the most terrorist attacks in the US?

Which group?

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Fiddytree said:
Jesus, the mere mention of the KKK gets you jumpy. Calm down.
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Don't be too hard on him, Fiddy. I get a bit jumpy,when people talk about devilishly handsome men approaching their 60th birthday.

It just happens.
 
What exactly is right wing terrorism? All the others are coherent, well defined ideologies. What is the goal of right wing terror?
 
Ben K. said:
What exactly is right wing terrorism? All the others are coherent, well defined ideologies. What is the goal of right wing terror?
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to bring RW terror, Natch
 
pbrauer said:
I totally agree with you, my point is that the right wing are blaming Muslims as being the major threat when it's not.

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Any graphic that includes the agit-prop input of the Southern Poverty Law Center is entirely lacking in credibility. Since the BHO gang has declined to classify the Ft. Hood massacre as Islamic terrorism, their input doesn't count for much either.:roll:
 
pbrauer said:
I totally agree with you, my point is that the right wing are blaming Muslims as being the major threat when it's not.

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Since your chart puts "Right Wing extremism" in the lead for acts of terror, could you spell out what some of these acts were exactly?
 
Fletch said:
Since your chart puts "Right Wing extremism" in the lead for acts of terror, could you spell out what some of these acts were exactly?
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Have you ever left the lid off the tooth paste tube? Uh huh. Right wing terror. Left the toilet seat up with women in the house? See? Right wing terror in the War on Women. I could go on and on.
 
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Fifty-six percent of domestic terrorist attacks and plots in the U.S. since 1995 have been perpetrated by right-wing extremists, as compared to 30 percent by ecoterrorists and 12 percent by Islamic extremists. Right-wing extremism has been responsible for the greatest number of terrorist incidents in the U.S. in 13 of the 17 years since the Oklahoma City bombing.
CHART: 17 Years After Oklahoma City Bombing, Right-Wing Extremism Is Significant Domestic Terror Threat | ThinkProgress
http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/rightwing.pdf
 
Hard Truth said:
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Fifty-six percent of domestic terrorist attacks and plots in the U.S. since 1995 have been perpetrated by right-wing extremists, as compared to 30 percent by ecoterrorists and 12 percent by Islamic extremists. Right-wing extremism has been responsible for the greatest number of terrorist incidents in the U.S. in 13 of the 17 years since the Oklahoma City bombing.
CHART: 17 Years After Oklahoma City Bombing, Right-Wing Extremism Is Significant Domestic Terror Threat | ThinkProgress
http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/rightwing.pdf
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It's wonderful that you've utilized such an unbiased source. ThinkProgress has no agenda. None at all. I sometimes wonder why they even exist.
 
As someone already mentioned, not only is their grouping questionable and suggestive, but we don't even know how they are defining things like "right wing", "islamic extremism", and "terrorist attack". It would also be misleading to say that .01% of the population being responsible for 15% of attacks, is a group that is less dangerous than one representing 35% of the population and being responsible for 23% of such attacks.
 
Dr. Chuckles said:
As someone already mentioned, not only is their grouping questionable and suggestive, but we don't even know how they are defining things like "right wing", "islamic extremism", and "terrorist attack". It would also be misleading to say that .01% of the population being responsible for 15% of attacks, is a group that is less dangerous than one representing 35% of the population and being responsible for 23% of such attacks.
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Familiarity with mathematics will only make the lefties hate you.:roll:
 
Ray410 said:
Not a poll choice of course, but Left Wing Terrorists have been the worst of all.

The Sixties and Seventies were a virtual breeding ground for left wingers like Obama's buddy Bill Ayers who tried to bomb the pentagon, Bernadette Dorn, the Black Panthers, the SLA, Weather Underground, others who killed many people including police officers. Many later were hired as Liberal college professors so they could influence decent young people who didn't know any better. Occupy Wall Street. Who was this ahole last week who attacked the Family Research Council because the detestable Southern Poverty Law Center told him they were against homosexuals.

Left Wing Terror is endless and always lauded by the braying loons.
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Ahhh, someone else who was there. The conservatives were known as 'the silent majority.'
 
Josie said:
pb, could you provide a list of every terrorist attack we've had in this country, who was involved and how many people died so that we can actually answer the poll? Thanks. :)
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That's a long list, going all the way back to 1837. It really should go back further to the terrorist attacks early colonists endured from the natives, and vice-versa.
 
Well, I don't really know how serious I was but since we've engaged, why don't you point out how wrong I am with some examples as to why a country with bases in 140 countries, spy satellites, drones, Special Forces, CIAs, DIAs, NSAs, 2800 nuclear weapons carrying on covert operations on every continent etc. isn't to be viewed as terrifying or terrorizing.

Don't get me wrong. I'm glad to be an American and have all this weaponry supporting my safety but if I can have an out of body spiritual overview, we don't seem very nice, do we?




X Factor said:
Oh, you're one of those. That's complete horse****.
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Gardener said:
The Gardener Poll:

Which group is responsible for the greatest number of terrorist attacks, not necessarily killing people mind you, and defined in such a way that terrorist means whatever I want it to mean, and not when I don't.

Mainstream Lutherans
Stamp Collectors
Capricorns
Football Referees
Dastardly, nasty, ickypoo right wingers!

It's nice when we all agree.
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Capricorns, no doubt. Wait. Maybe it's unicorns!
 
specklebang said:
Well, I don't really know how serious I was but since we've engaged, why don't you point out how wrong I am with some examples as to why a country with bases in 140 countries, spy satellites, drones, Special Forces, CIAs, DIAs, NSAs, 2800 nuclear weapons carrying on covert operations on every continent etc. isn't to be viewed as terrifying or terrorizing.

Don't get me wrong. I'm glad to be an American and have all this weaponry supporting my safety but if I can have an out of body spiritual overview, we don't seem very nice, do we?
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Terrorism is a method. It has nothing to do with military prowess.
 
specklebang said:
Well, I don't really know how serious I was but since we've engaged, why don't you point out how wrong I am with some examples as to why a country with bases in 140 countries, spy satellites, drones, Special Forces, CIAs, DIAs, NSAs, 2800 nuclear weapons carrying on covert operations on every continent etc. isn't to be viewed as terrifying or terrorizing.

Don't get me wrong. I'm glad to be an American and have all this weaponry supporting my safety but if I can have an out of body spiritual overview, we don't seem very nice, do we?
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We're extremely nice. If we weren't then the world would be a very different place.:cool:
 
pbrauer said:
Anarchists

Ecoterrorists

Islamic extremists

Right-wing extremists
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Hmm, I wonder. You know it is said one mans terrorist is another man’s freedom fighters and that might apply here. Deaths from terrorist in the U.S. since 9-11 Islamic terrorists would be the right answer. But the correct answer may depend on one political point of view and definition of terrorist. One could say the government, Janet Reno and company being the terrorist that delivered the religious community of Waco their death wishes. Thinking of McVeigh and a few others, perhaps right wing terrorist. Yes, back in the 60’s and 70’s it was most left wing. Arab terrorist come into play with all the plane hijackings of the 70’s and 80’s.

But since 2000, if the amount of killing people it would have to be Islamic Terrorist worldwide. Muslim Terrorists are active in the U.S., Thailand, Africa, the middle east, let’s just say world wide. But again, my terrorist may classify as your freedom fighters and vice versa.
 
Gardener said:
The Gardener Poll:

Which group is responsible for the greatest number of terrorist attacks, not necessarily killing people mind you, and defined in such a way that terrorist means whatever I want it to mean, and not when I don't.

Mainstream Lutherans
Stamp Collectors
Capricorns
Football Referees
Dastardly, nasty, ickypoo right wingers!

It's nice when we all agree.
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Oh sure...put me right at the top of your list why don't you!!!:lol:
 
Dr. Chuckles said:
As someone already mentioned, not only is their grouping questionable and suggestive, but we don't even know how they are defining things like "right wing", "islamic extremism", and "terrorist attack". It would also be misleading to say that .01% of the population being responsible for 15% of attacks, is a group that is less dangerous than one representing 35% of the population and being responsible for 23% of such attacks.
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If they really wanted to, they could label "right-wing extremism" with Islamic terrorism, since it technically is a right-wing thought, but that would also complicate the narrative (unless they wanted to say "terrorism=right wing").
 
Lutherf said:
Oh sure...put me right at the top of your list why don't you!!!:lol:
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I was thinking of you when I posted that, Luther, I really was.

Just be glad you are not an Episcopalian. I certainly do not need to remind you of their proclivities.
 
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