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More people in the U.S. have been killed in terrorist attacks perpetrated by white supremacists than Muslim extremists since 9/11, according to a new study (securitydata.newamerica.net...).
The report is based on court documents, wire service, and news stories. It looks at “lethal terrorist incidents” with a clear ideological motivation since 2001. Forty-eight people were killed in 19 terrorist attacks by white supremacists, anti-government activists, and other extremists classified as “right wing.”
That means that in total, the number of Americans killed by non-Muslim extremists since 9/11 is nearly twice the number killed by Muslim extremists, based on the New America study. But what is classified as extremist ideology and terrorism remains difficult to pin down, as the New York Times points out:
If terrorism is defined as ideological violence, for instance, should an attacker who has merely ranted about religion, politics or race be considered a terrorist? A man in Chapel Hill, N.C., who was charged with fatally shooting three young Muslim neighbors had posted angry critiques of religion, but he also had a history of outbursts over parking issues. (New America does not include this attack in its count.)
Likewise, what about mass killings in which no ideological motive is evident, such as those at a Colorado movie theater and a Connecticut elementary school in 2012? The criteria used by New America and most other research organizations exclude such attacks, which have cost more lives than those clearly tied to ideology.
“Law enforcement agencies around the country have told us the threat from Muslim extremists is not as great as the threat from right-wing extremists,” Dr. Kurzman, author of that study, told the Times.
originally posted by: Metallicus
I call BS.
No way those statistics aren't spun to match a narrative.
a reply to: spirit_horse
Give it 6 months to a year
originally posted by: dukeofjive696969
So we have a video that is showing one side of the coin then we have poster bringing no facts but there oWn opinion, boy do i love ats.
originally posted by: alienmma
The statistics are right in front of your eyes and you conservatives still refuse to believe it.
Why do conservatives deny facts? I'll never understand it. It's okay the truth might hurt your pride a little but you will get over it
Oh wait wait wait, these are statistics made up by the liberal communist NWO machine right?