Sporadic instances of right-wing violence have occurred for hundreds of years. Random violence in general is simply a constant of American life. But rather than deal rationally with this reality, emotional manipulators whip up grand narratives to serve their political interests
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Okay, now we're getting somewhere. Racist violence is particularly bad if it has the sanction of the political organizations & the state, right? Now ponder Trump's "very fine people," pardons for war criminals who killed Iraqis & call for border control to get rough.
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You're now expanding the category of phenomena under discussion to include random Trump comments, pardon decisions, and immigration policy. That's not what I'm referring to. I'm referring to sporadic instances of violence carried out by individuals or small groups
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Great, so we can agree Charlottesville wasn’t “sporadic”, but was a model in coordinating neofascist organizations with militias, alt-right and mainstream conservative groups, with the backing of the local police, that symbolically burned torches and killed someone.
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This is literally what the white supremacists are still doing. They have organizations. They organize violence. They definitely have the backing of police
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Michael always wins against Jeet and it’s so sweet.
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You’ve created a category you call “Sporadic Violence” you’ve defined what acts of violence are included in it, such that the largest acts of violence are not in this category. This way you are able to argue that lynchings were exceptions and not the rule. While Justifying Both
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what the shit is an "organized, coordinated" lynching
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