‘Anger and radicalization’: rising number of Americans say political violence is justified
‘Anger and radicalization’: rising number of Americans say political violence is justified
Survey shows a small but significant share of Americans believe in use of force to attain political goals – from both left and right
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Please. I kind of wish they’d just do the thing already so we can put this shit to rest once and for all.
Really? Because it's more likely to take the form of terrorist attacks than anything else. Timothy McVeigh and the Unabomber are heroes to some.
Timothy McVeigh and the Unabomber are heroes to some.
Cross posting from another thread because it's in my clipboard history, making this easy:
There's a lot of stellar reporting on this stuff. There was a limited-series podcast about the evolution of white supremacy in the US that did an excellent job of explaining and illustrating the shifts called Long Shadow trailer. It starts with Waco and Ruby Ridge and really helped me better understand how and why we're seeing what's happening today. (Scroll down; the white supremacist eps were preceded by a season about 9/11, which I haven't listened to).
The gig-economy metaphor makes more sense with the perspective that they understand that the KKK is unpopular and they rely on small cells and individuals for acts of terror and violence. Then the leaders of the movement can "condemn" the violence, which was what they always wanted and knew their rhetoric would bring.
Yes, usually when these situations escalate to violence it gets settled once and for all, and doesn’t deepen divisions
It worked in 1860 .... oh wait
That's exactly how every Canadian feels about the US every election cycle.
Trump indictment for January 6th likely dropping today. I can’t wait.