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G_j

(40,367 posts)
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 09:13 AM Jul 2020

Anti-fascists linked to zero murders in the US in 25 years

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/27/us-rightwing-extremists-attacks-deaths-database-leftwing-antifa

As Trump rails against ‘far-left’ fascism, new database shows leftwing attacks have left far fewer people dead than violence by rightwing extremists



Donald Trump has made warnings about the threat of antifa and “far-left fascism” a central part of his re-election campaign. But in reality leftwing attacks have left far fewer people dead than violence by rightwing extremists, new research indicates, and antifa activists have not been linked to a single murder in decades.

A new database of nearly 900 politically motivated attacks and plots in the United States since 1994 includes just one attack staged by an anti-fascist that led to fatalities. In that case, the single person killed was the perpetrator.

Over the same time period, American white supremacists and other rightwing extremists have carried out attacks that left at least 329 victims dead, according to the database.

More broadly, the database lists 21 victims killed in leftwing attacks since 2010 , and 117 victims of rightwing attacks in that same period – nearly six times as much. Attacks inspired by the Islamic State and similar jihadist groups, in contrast, killed 95 people since 2010, slightly fewer than rightwing extremists, according to the data set. More than half of these victims died in a a single attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, in 2016.

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Anti-fascists linked to zero murders in the US in 25 years (Original Post) G_j Jul 2020 OP
And this 20 year old was shot dead recently by a Trump Supporting loser JI7 Jul 2020 #1
trDumpie's thought processes not fact based,.. magicarpet Jul 2020 #2

JI7

(89,259 posts)
1. And this 20 year old was shot dead recently by a Trump Supporting loser
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 09:19 AM
Jul 2020

But we are hearing more about the dangers of antifa and left leaning groups.

magicarpet

(14,157 posts)
2. trDumpie's thought processes not fact based,..
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 09:25 AM
Jul 2020

... fabrications and fantasies are just fine and dandy. He does not serve the truth but only just his Fascist agendas.

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