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sammalloy | 2 years ago
Right wing violence is the largest form of extremism in the US today.
https://www.adl.org/resources/report/dark-and-constant-rage-... https://web.archive.org/web/20210131220343/https://www.nytim...
It is also largely based on the original values of the KKK
https://www.gale.com/intl/essays/cynthia-miller-idriss-white... https://www.americanprogress.org/article/white-supremacy-ret... https://carnegieendowment.org/2022/03/31/rise-in-political-v...
But operates on the level of lone wolves at the individual levels of violence (such as mass shootings) instead of the group.
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/... https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/white-supremacists-are... https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/the-new-st...
Today, the group level focuses on disseminating violent rhetoric from the top down, often from political actors using the cover of free speech through media outlets.
https://theconversation.com/impeachment-trial-research-spann... https://apnews.com/article/1410b516f5b66c18d62342a0d7a9b60f https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/07/january-6-trump... https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/trumps-a...
It’s also still a major problem with law enforcement, as the ghost skins phenomenon of infiltration shows in FBI reporting on the subject.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_skin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Supremacist_Infiltration...
It is emanating directly from the leaders of the GOP.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/show/how-trumps-2024-presid... https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/donald-trump-cpac... https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/07/january-6-trump... https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/10/trump-death-wish-com... https://timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2021/01/19/in-the-end-it... https://time.com/5930592/everyone-thinks-im-a-terrorist-capi... https://www.al.com/news/2023/05/tuberville-on-white-national...
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