They all hate us anyhow, So let's drop the big one now

[Reggie_Essent]

Sorry, not sorry. You aren't capable of change.

Politically, you're a narrow-minded reductionist that ignores context and reason. You are incapable of learning.

Only thing I surrender is expending my energy on fuckwits.

"Narrow-minded reductionist?" I notice the Marxist academic jargon comes out more when you get agitated. Is that a self-defense mechanism of some kind when the cognitive dissonance becomes too much?

 

[Lily]

No evidence of this mythical "structural" and "systemic" racism has ever been provided by anyone here. I believe you once made a feeble attempt by citing real estate "red line" policies from the 19 fucking 50s.

And nigger is just a word. A fine old American word that Mark Twain was quite fond of using in his famous novels.

Mark Twain used it as an exemplar of how terrible racism was. He was showing the rot of the American mind at the time, tool.

 

[The New Holliday]

Brookings Inst:

Left Wing vs. Right-Wing Political Violence: Comparing the Dangers​

There are different ways to measure the danger posed by political extremists, but one of the simplest is to look at the number of people they kill. In the post-9/11 era, on the left, the United States has seen one murder, which occurred when Michael Forest Reinoeh, a left-wing extremist, shot and killed a member of the right-wing extremist organization Patriot Prayer in Portland in 2020. The killer had previously provided “security” for left-wing protests. He described himself as anti-fascist, but he was not a member of any local Antifa group.

Numbers for right-wing extremist violence are far higher, with numerous high-profile terrorist attacks as well as lower-level assaults, vandalism, and other forms of violence. Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, far-right extremists have killed 130 people in the United States, more than any other political cause, including jihadists.7 Notable attacks in recent years include the 2018 Pittsburgh Synagogue attack, the 2019 El Paso mall killings, and the 2022 Buffalo market attack. A range of far-right extremists, including organized groups such as the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers as well as hundreds of unaffiliated conspiracy theorists, anti-government extremists, and ordinary supporters of President Trump, also stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, in a direct assault on American democracy. Far-right extremist violence has not abated: earlier this month, on May 6, 2023, an apparent neo-Nazi with misogynist leanings shot up a Texas mall, killing eight people.

Another concern is the role of right-wing extremism in the ranks of the military and among police officers. Although the overwhelming majority of law enforcement and military personnel reject extremism, even small numbers of extremists in uniform are of concern given the important role these entities play in American society, including their position at the frontline of the battle against violent extremism itself. Here the difference with left-wing extremism is considerable: many left-wing adherents reject authority, see the police and military as instruments of authoritarianism, and otherwise are far less likely to join their ranks. Many right-wing extremists, in contrast, glorify military and police forces in theory, though in practice they have attacked them. Violent extremist crimes among those with U.S. military backgrounds have increased significantly in the last decade, and such members have played important roles in anti-government extremist groups like the Oath Keepers and disorganized anti-government movements like the Boogaloos.

 

[Lily]

"Narrow-minded reductionist?" I notice the Marxist academic jargon comes out more when you get agitated. Is that a self-defense mechanism of some kind when the cognitive dissonance becomes too much?

Reductionist is Marxian?

I did not know that. Thanks, no really, thanks. Funny it doesn't say that in the dictionary, simpleton.

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