RE: Far-Right Extremism Is a Global Problem
February 6, 2021 at 2:58 am
(This post was last modified: February 6, 2021 at 2:59 am by WinterHold.)
(February 6, 2021 at 12:27 am)Irreligious Atheist Wrote:(February 5, 2021 at 10:15 pm)WinterHold Wrote: Every action has a reaction; Bin Laden was a reaction to the American war against Afghanistan, BLM are a reaction to the racist white supremacist hold on American politics during the era of Trump.So you will call the Proud Boys all terrorists because they might have an ideology that you disagree with, but you won't call BLM and Antifa members/ supporters terrorists when they almost burn down apartment buildings full of people? I would certainly call those people trying to burn down apartment buildings full of people for their political cause terrorists. Isn't that textbook terrorism by definition? It shouldn't matter that they say they're against racism or whatever, if they are doing something that might end up killing a bunch of people.
So many despise racism and double standards because they lead to this exact consequence: the rise of extremist movements as a reaction to the unjust actions.
But sometimes the extremist movements rise in response to a righteous move such as winning over racism.
The shooter in NZ commit his slaughter for the same reason, he believed in this extremist terrorist theory:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Replacement
Proud Boys are a white-nationalist movement, so I expect them to believe in this doctrine even if they didn't admit it.
Calling rioters "terrorists" is pretty misleading and wrong.
BLM are rioters; Proud Boys are terrorists.