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McVeigh was a veteran of Operation Desert Storm. Contrary to the popular and oft-repeated belief among liberals and atheists, McVeigh was not a right-wing evangelical Christian. In fact, McVeigh was raised Roman Catholic, but professed agnosticism.[2] His political beliefs were libertarian.
I am not defending McVeigh; and I do believe justice has been served in his case. However, how come there were only a very few media pointed out he might have suffered from PTSD?
McVeigh discharged himself from the army and started drifting. At one point he sought help from an army veterans' mental health clinic - but they turned him down because he wanted to be counselled under an assumed name.
I would think so considering there are only 3.3 million Muslims in the U.S. That's 1% of the population.
Left-wing think tanks: heavy on propaganda, light on calculators.
Exactly. I once got into an argument with someone who thought that Islamic terrorism was not a problem because ONLY 20% of terror attacks were Muslims.
1% of the population committing TWENTY PERCENT of terror isn't a problem? Oh rly?
This is a well known tactic from the far Left. It's called Projecting. Whenever they blame the other side for something, you can be 100% sure that they are the ones doing it.
You have people on the left becoming violent because they're supposedly fighting fascism, racism, etc., and they believe the ends justify the means.
There are also people on the right (and left) who are understandably sick of it, but instead of dealing with it rationally, some are ready for violence themselves. I've seen YouTube or Facebook comments about how they can't wait to be in a situation where they can physically harm a BLM or ANTIFA protester/rioter.
There are always isolated crazies who attack innocent people, and that's obviously terrible, but I'm more concerned with the violence coming from these protests and the backlash coming from the right wing. Both have the potential to act like animals, and it can get out of hand quickly.
You have people on the left becoming violent because they're supposedly fighting fascism, racism, etc., and they believe the ends justify the means.
There are also people on the right (and left) who are understandably sick of it, but instead of dealing with it rationally, some are ready for violence themselves. I've seen YouTube or Facebook comments about how they can't wait to be in a situation where they can physically harm a BLM or ANTIFA protester/rioter.
There are always isolated crazies who attack innocent people, and that's obviously terrible, but I'm more concerned with the violence coming from these protests and the backlash coming from the right wing. Both have the potential to act like animals, and it can get out of hand quickly.
The right wing would absolutely pulverize the "left" if they weren't otherwise constrained by civil society.
The left should remember this when trying to pick fights. This isn't 1905 Russia. Lessons have been learned from history.
The right wing would absolutely pulverize the "left" if they weren't otherwise constrained by civil society.
The left should remember this when trying to pick fights. This isn't 1905 Russia. Lessons have been learned from history.
I think you're right. One thing that also concerns me about that is how some on the right are quick to label people SJWs, kind of how the left labels people racists or fascists, but sort of the beginning stages of it.
I'm a libertarian and hate the SJW movement, but I've been called a snowflake and SJW a few times already for having an opinion that doesn't tow the party line. I'm hoping the right doesn't get as bad as the left currently is with that sort of thing.
I'd rather not have both sides think I'm evil for disagreeing with them...
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