03-19-2019, 10:15 PM
(03-19-2019, 09:15 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: I found it interesting how much they show right-wing extremism is on the rise in both Western Europe and North America. I wonder if the trend is the same for other extremism over there, of if it is just right-wing extremism on the rise. It's also interesting that right-wing violence is the lowest category for their situation, but the highest here in the U.S.
It is on the rise, but the number are still extremely low. As for lowest in the US, they didn't give us something to compare it to. Even so, at its worst right wing extremists killed 22 people in a year in the US. While this is of no solace to those killed or their loved ones, that's an incredibly low number. The same year right wing extremists killed 22 people, 2015, over thirty people were killed by dogs.
Again, I must stress, I'm not saying right wing extremism is a non-issue or something we should ignore. However, the raw numbers rather suggest it's nothing close to the problem we're being told it is.
