"Violence has been mainstreamed on the right. It’s effectively become another partisan tool for too many in the GOP....on the right, support for violence is no longer a fringe position...Those most likely to support violence on the right feel most connected to the Republican Party...This is not a marginal movement: It is people who see violence as a means to defend their values, an extension of their political activity."

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/11/07/political-violence-mainstream-right-wing-00065297

Oh except at the DOJ

US justice department removes study finding far-right extremists commit ‘far more’ violence
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-justice-department-removes-study-142600191.html

“If we don’t make it dangerous to be a Nazi, they’ll make it dangerous not to be.”

For so long people were programmed to be very afraid of foreign Jihadist terrorists, while ignoring the very real homegrown terrorism right here.

I remember during the Bush years when they were selling terrorism every week - "Be afraid, very afraid, but be sure to go out and buy stuff." Whenever the administration was under attack, the color-coded alert levels went up and some new Bin Laden tape would suddenly surface.

I guess the problem is the far-right extremists can vote.

Similar tactic with trump and his "caravans of immigrants" coming toward the souther border refrain.

Oh, and let's not forget about how they're eating the cats and the dogs!

Villify at every turn is their strategy.

pretty much anything and a large chunk of the voters will believe it. They don't even try to sound credible anymore. "These rubes will believe anything."

it's how cults start.

Years ago, I'd watch the odd documentary about a cult. And I'd think to myself, "These must be some truly gullible and desperate people to buy into this BS!"

Turns out it's 30% of Americans!!!

They've probably always been with us, but until Trump, there was no leader to unify them. Definitely sounds like how cults start.

most of what comes out of Republicans' mouths is "a bunch of malarkey!"

It fits in this context!

because of the lame media who never challenges tRump with the truth. They never did it with the Obama birth certificate non-scandal and they don't do it when he says 'we've won the war' while still being there and the Strait still closed.

It's unchallenged insanity magnified by the media.

1984 - War is Peace, and so on.

The stupid birther conspiracy could have been shut down in a minute considering Obama's mother was an American citizen, however I think I only heard one pundit mention that and only one time.

So many aren't even looking for the truth, they are just interested in ratings and screentime.

They are deaf to their own language

that BS "assassination" attempt.

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Left side is quite amateurish with few resulting in deaths..

IMHO

Still a bit disappointing to see 49 and 17 murders from groups affiliated with causes I am sympathetic to.

The largest far-right terrorist attack on U.S. soil and it's not included in the analysis?

Those numbers are a bit unfair

Foriegn jihadis are in fact right wing extremists.
Anti abortion folk are in fact right wing extremists.

Thus bringing it to 82% and 91%, respectively.

the right-wing propaganda machine.

They came up with it to deflect from all of their transgressions. They stuck with it because it works. They've successfully convinced many centrist types that "both sides need to take down the temperature" for example. And when you ask for a "both sides" example, the answer is usually a shrug.

Because "anti-abortion extremists" are "far right extremists".