So you know this NYT op-ed? Everyone's talking about it. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/16/opinion/the-other-terror-threat.html … 1/n
You know! The one that says right-wing extremism caused far more fatalities since 9/11 than Islamist attacks have? 254 a YEAR!! 2/n
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Here's the report they cite for that claim. https://info.publicintelligence.net/CTC-ViolentFarRight.pdf … Go look at table 4, page 142. 3/n
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"[r]ight-wing extremists averaged 337 attacks/year in the decade after 9/11, causing a total of 254 fatalities", they say in the op-ed. 4/n
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God damn it, disregard. I was reading 254 as per year, not total. Never mind, my point does not stand. 5/5
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@St_Rev Wait a moment -did they start counting *after* 9/11? The distribution's dominated by a single outlier, and they decide to ignore it? -
@A_P_Mason I THOUGHT that was the problem! But I was assuming a claim of 254 fatalities per year, not total. -
@A_P_Mason 254/3370 = 0.075, which is close to the fatality rate for the 'unaffiliated' category in the table, which is ~80% of the total. -
@A_P_Mason But that's the 'random nut' category. "in most cases...spontaneous beatings of minorities or vandalism of facilities." -
@A_P_Mason So the takeaway is you get 254 deaths if you count every freak who shoots someone and carves a swastika into their forehead? - 6 more replies
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