The ADL released a report claiming there were 18 white supremacist murders last year. However, this number is misleading because the report included many cases of personal disputes such as this:pic.twitter.com/Aphux28qes
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The ADL released a report claiming there were 18 white supremacist murders last year. However, this number is misleading because the report included many cases of personal disputes such as this:pic.twitter.com/Aphux28qes
Let's look at these 18: Teen kills gf's parents after they tell school he's a nazi. Personal dispute with some relation to ideology. 2 dead. School shooting by alleged "troll". Unclear whether ideologically motivated. 2 dead. Guy kills uncle. Personal motive. 1 dead.
Fields in Charlottesville. Drives car into crowd after being attacked. Probable manslaughter or panic, not murder. Motivated by attacks on him that day, not motivated by ideology. 1 dead. Prison murder. Unclear whether ideologically motivated. 1 dead.
Prison escape resulting in two dead officers. Unlikely to be ideologically motivated. 2 dead. Man stabs and kills two after they intervene in argument between the man and a woman wearing a hijab. Personal dispute with ideological underpinnings. 2 dead
"White supremacist" kills two roommates for making fun of his conversion to Islam. Personal dispute related to ideology but not at all motivated by pro-white ideology. Rather than being classified as Islamic extremism (which would also be misleading),
this is classified by the ADL as white supremacist murder. 2 dead. Man kills homeless person allegedly to stop interracial relationships. Possible ideological motivation. 1 dead. Man kills guy dating his ex-gf in personal dispute. 1 dead.
Wife kills husband and fellow Klan member. 1 dead. Man robs and kills another after dispute. Unclear if any ideological motivation. 1 dead. Home invasion robbery and murder. Unlikely to be ideologically motivated. 1 dead.
I think that's the 18 (the website isn't totally clear about classifications). There are a few other similar ones labeled right wing extremism that aren't classified in the white supremacist category.
1 murder likely motivated by ideology 4 personal dispute w/ ideological underpinnings 1 panic, self-defense, or retaliation 2 by Islamic convert 10 not apparently motivated by ideology And they spin this as a huge increase in white supremacist violence. It's basically fraudulent
Meanwhile in the Islamic extremism category we have guys driving trucks into crowds in the name of ISIS.
Why is the ADL characterizing these murders as "white supremacist violence" if they're mostly personal disputes unrelated to ideology? All varieties of people occasionally kill. They're trying to mislead people into thinking that these killings are caused by the ideology.
Notice how the ADL talks about this. "Murders by white supremacists doubled!" https://twitter.com/samswey/status/954835724406284291 … "Most extremist-related murders were related to **right-wing extremism**" Do you think people will understand that 90% of these are garden-variety murders unrelated to ideology?pic.twitter.com/ljQHVws4f1
By the way, even the one murder I'm generously giving them as ideologically motivated may not have actually been. I'm just going by their description here.
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