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Are they the same, really?
Are they the same, really?
Sigh, no .. not even close.
Sigh, no .. not even close.
Is there anything that would be convincing in this time of information bubbles and information/science denial? Probably not, but here are google image searches of antifa and boogaloo.
Almost identical right? Yep, you know .. except for those:
Guns
Guns
Left == Right: Isn't a serious position to take:
What about this super-serious analysis from some very-serious people?
What about this super-serious analysis from some very-serious people?
https://www.csis.org/analysis/escalating-terrorism-problem-united-states
"This analysis makes several arguments. First, far-right terrorism has significantly outpaced terrorism from other types of perpetrators, including from far-left networks and individuals inspired by the Islamic State and al-Qaeda. Right-wing attacks and plots account for the majority of all terrorist incidents in the United States since 1994, and the total number of right-wing attacks and plots has grown significantly during the past six years. Right-wing extremists perpetrated two thirds of the attacks and plots in the United States in 2019 and over 90 percent between January 1 and May 8, 2020. Second, terrorism in the United States will likely increase over the next year in response to several factors. One of the most concerning is the 2020 U.S. presidential election, before and after which extremists may resort to violence, depending on the outcome of the election. Far-right and far-left networks have used violence against each other at protests, raising the possibility of escalating violence during the election period." (3rd paragraph)
"Our data suggest that right-wing extremists pose the most significant terrorism threat to the United States, based on annual terrorist events and fatalities." (paragraph 34)
"Our data suggest that right-wing extremists pose the most significant terrorism threat to the United States, based on annual terrorist events and fatalities." (paragraph 34)
Ugh .. those visualization suck; they don't really give you an true understanding of the difference between "Left" and "Right":
Most egregiously they broke out Ethno-Nationalism and Religious violence. Let's add them back, and just have the 2 categories: Left and Right.
1st chart: Anyone who does data visualization knows that normalizing hides scale: What are the differences between the years 1995, 2000 and 2008? 1995: ~5x (~40:8) more attacks/plots by the Right; 2000: ~3x (~20:5) more attacks/plots by the Left; 2008: ~3x (~12:4) more attacks/plots by the Right. We'll fix it.
2nd chart: Because of 1 you can't really see the disparity. We'll fix this too.
Top Left:
Top Left:
This duplicates the original chart to ensure I entered the data correctly.
Top Right:
Top Right:
This is the "same" bar chart as in the CSIS paper but doesn't normalize, thus you can see the difference in absolutes. Pretty clear no?
Bottom Left:
Bottom Left:
This chart adds Ethno-Nationalism and Religious violence back into just one category: Right. As an area line chart it gives you an idea of the total differences between them and shows time-frames where one or the other was more active.
Bottom Right:
Bottom Right:
This chart makes the time-frames where Left or Right was the majority of attacks/plots and the scale & change over time clear.
And, the way to read this chart is: for the given time-frame ...
1994-2000: the Right was in the majority with ~200 vs ~50 attacks/plots
2000-2006: the Left was in the majority with ~100 vs ~60 attacks/plots
2006-2015: the Right was in the majority with ~130 vs ~40 attacks/plots
2015-2019: the Right has ramped-up to ~280 vs ~40 attacks/plots
Obvious and Clear
Obvious and Clear
Left != Right
Left != Right
Antifa != Boogaloo
Antifa != Boogaloo
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