• In 2021, far-right terrorism accounted for 38 of the 77 (49%) domestic terrorism events in the US meaning far-right attacks remained the most frequent type of domestic terrorism[0]
• The far-left accounted for 40% of those. However, of the 30 actual fatalities from these events 28 of them were due to far-right attacks (93.3%). Only 1 of the remaining 2 fatalities was due to the far-left[0]
• This brings up another issue. One of the core beliefs of the far-left is that categorizing damage against property as "violence" and equivalent with violence against humans is a result of the elite class controlling our language and cultural categories. Previously this dataset even counted things like vegans freeing farm animals as "terrorism" and still includes attacks against pipelines as "far-left terrorism"
• Since 2015, right-wing extremists have been involved in 267 plots or attacks and 91 fatalities, the data shows. At the same time, attacks and plots ascribed to far-left views accounted for 66 incidents leading to 19 deaths.[1]
• In the past 6 years, at least 15 far-right attacks were against Black churches (e.g. New Shiloh Christian Center in Melbourne, Fla), 16 against mosques, and 13 against synagogues (e.g. Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel in Chicago).[1]
• 15 anti-immigrant-related incidents since 2015, resulting in 27 fatalities and dozens of injuries[1]
• Police officers, government officials and politicians also were targets in 2020 in at least 15 right-wing[1]
• In 2021, far-right terrorism accounted for 38 of the 77 (49%) domestic terrorism events in the US meaning far-right attacks remained the most frequent type of domestic terrorism[0]
• The far-left accounted for 40% of those. However, of the 30 actual fatalities from these events 28 of them were due to far-right attacks (93.3%). Only 1 of the remaining 2 fatalities was due to the far-left[0]
• This brings up another issue. One of the core beliefs of the far-left is that categorizing damage against property as "violence" and equivalent with violence against humans is a result of the elite class controlling our language and cultural categories. Previously this dataset even counted things like vegans freeing farm animals as "terrorism" and still includes attacks against pipelines as "far-left terrorism"
• Since 2015, right-wing extremists have been involved in 267 plots or attacks and 91 fatalities, the data shows. At the same time, attacks and plots ascribed to far-left views accounted for 66 incidents leading to 19 deaths.[1]
• In the past 6 years, at least 15 far-right attacks were against Black churches (e.g. New Shiloh Christian Center in Melbourne, Fla), 16 against mosques, and 13 against synagogues (e.g. Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel in Chicago).[1]
• 15 anti-immigrant-related incidents since 2015, resulting in 27 fatalities and dozens of injuries[1]
• Police officers, government officials and politicians also were targets in 2020 in at least 15 right-wing[1]
[0] https://www.csis.org/analysis/pushed-extremes-domestic-terro...
[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/20...